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Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T)
What do you think about the S.N. on the wrist?
It seems to me a bit odd: too high on the wrist and with a circle around every digit.
Scope is a Mk 3 with eye-shade (??).
Giancarlo
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11-21-2017 07:00 AM
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The circle is there as each of the digits has been whacked in fairly firmly & so the circular rim of the punch has left its mark. This is common. I wouldn't want to venture an overall opinion on the rifle though, not without seeing more photo's & various different views. Odd that someone has fitted a shade to a Mk3 scope......
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Thank you Roger.
I asked for more pictures. The other pics I have are the following:
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Odd the Mk 3 scope with the eye-shade, but I have pics of another Mk 3 (III) with shade, from another maker (?):
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I think everything is genuine, but I cannot quite make out the serial on the bracket & the rifle's serial. Are they matching? Again, I can't be certain from the first photo, but is the scope number the only one on the wrist? I'm not quite sure if there could be traces of a number possibly above the obvious one. Can't tell for certain - I may be imagining it!
I don't think the shade means much. I doubt any Mk3's left the factory with them on; probably the result of civvy ownership, or perhaps indicative non-Commonwealth government usage??
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The owner says it's all matching.
Even to me seems to be a number below the S.N., for this reason (as well as the circles around the digits) I had doubts about the originality of the S.N. printed on the wrist.
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What you really need are some close up & detailed photo's of this area. Otherwise the rifle, scope & bracket all look genuine enough, but you need to know if it's 'originally matching' or if it has been re-matched, due to the value implications.
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The owner should send me more pics in the week end.
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Like Roger says, It all looks perfectly correct, sleep tight in the knowledge its the real deal from the photos you show.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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