L39, L42ish

[harlton]

Hello Fellow Enfield Nuts,
I purchased A sporterized Enfield Rifle in almost new condition, with the usual stuff done, and usual stuff missing. No handgaurd, sights etc, the front sight was still on, but the section of barrel where the bayonet lugs should be I thought was missing, and the barrel has been re-crowned, so it appears as the factory did it.
The rifle markings else where have been removed and or obscured, but the ones that are clear show a stamped number of 648, E1 or EI has then been added to the front of it and 7 tagged on to the rear, in electro-pencil to read EI6487 or E16487 now in full, the rest of the rifle is marked the same in electro-pencil. The rifle is a 1955 Fazerkly FTR No4 Mark 1/2, which I found under what looked like that later matt black finish.
All seemed very normal, I grabbed a light colored handgaurd off of ebay and then discovered the thing will not fit as the barrel is to heavy, it's necked down fairly steeply just before the front sight, full length is 23 & 3/4inches. The bottom Fore-stock is cutoff right where an envoy would be, but corners rounded slightly and painted black. The gun is a 303, all other parts are as the shown in the parts list I've just down loaded, thanks.
I purchased this rifle with the idea of just putting a rear sight on it and flipping it, I'm now really interested in fixing it up and seeing how it shoots. I'm not sure what this gun is. The heavy barrel has thrown me, it's all factory marked, this is not added parts. Any info would be greatly appreciated. I've posted this appeal in one other spot about L39, L42's handgaurd's, in the hope someone can let me know what this is. Thanks Ian

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