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New Enfield collector - my first specimen a 1942 Lithgow No. 1 Mk III*
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08-09-2014 03:49 PM
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A genuine 1942 Lithgow assembled at the Orange Feeder Factory, it could have been one of the 100,000 rifles Britain ordered in 1941 and was placed in war stocks as Britain would have been in full production of the No 4 at that time. Nice Slazenger Coachwood stock all parts matching no butt FTR marks or rack numbers, I will put my chin out and say it has spent it's life in War Stores here in Australia until they were sold off in the 80's.
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It is in very good shape but that's not overly unusual so don't be too surprised. Yes the wood is a little dark but that is the normal appearance of unmolestered coachwood. I wouldn't do anything to that stock except rub some linseed oil into it.
Assembled at Lithgow factory in 1943 as indicated on the butt.
I'm curious. Whats the barrel date?
Last edited by Homer; 08-09-2014 at 09:29 PM.
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Originally Posted by
Homer
It is in very good shape but that's not overly unusual so don't be too surprised. Yes the wood is a little dark but that is the normal appearance of unmolestered coachwood. I wouldn't do anything to that stock except rub some
linseed oil into it.
Assembled at
Lithgow factory in 1943 as indicated on the butt.
I'm curious. Whats the barrel date?
That's all I intend on doing. Where would the barrel date be located?
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Originally Posted by
57Overlander
That's all I intend on doing. Where would the barrel date be located?
Left side of barrel under the hand guard.
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Originally Posted by
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Left side of barrel under the hand guard.
The date on the barrel is 43.
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Sorry, it's the month I'm more interested in, if its not too much trouble.
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No worries, the date stamp was 3.43
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Remember that the receiver date is the date it was made not assembled. All rifle assembly was sent to Orange Feeder factory on 1 June 1940 and ceased on 31 August 1945 the last produced at Orange was F39580. So yours was assembled at the Orange Factory not Lithgow. Lithgow was madly producing Brens and other needed items, note the timber including the butt is marked Slazenger 42, the 43 on the flat of the butt indicates it's final assembly/acceptance was some time in 1943 of which some 136,262 were made between late 1942 and 1943.
Last edited by Aussie48; 08-10-2014 at 12:45 AM.
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