Unissued No.4 MK2's

[Calfed]

A couple of years ago I grabbed these Enfields at an online auction. One still in the mummy wrap and the other out, but apparently unfired. They are consecutive serial numbers...UF A 15545 and 15546

This was the auction pic



And this is what I found when the rifles arrived








I have several other Unissued No4 MK2's, including my first No4, which I bought at a LGS years ago. I was cleaning out the safe this afternoon and noticed something about my old No4...UF A 15573-- only 27 numbers off my consecutive pair.

Maybe I'm easily amazed...but I'm somewhat amazed that these rifles, made less than a year after I was born in merry olde England, all ended up in the same safe, even though they were purchased many years apart and all the way across country from each other.

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[CINDERS]

Very nice group of No.4's and the six degrees of separation works well, meaning it is funny how things line up such as what you have experienced with these rifles over time & distance.

[Calfed]

Thanks, Cinders.

I got my first No.4 (UF A15573) in 2007 in a local gunstore in northern California. The consecutive pair(15545 and 46) came to me by way of an auction in Florida in 2013

Pair of (2) Enfield Military battle rifles with sequential serial numb... - Reposell.com®.

Of course, only a coincidence, but such a nice one.

[Baal]

Very cool. I used to have A15514.

[Peter Laidler]

A pleasure to see........ Made my day!

[Flying10uk]

I always wonder why the British army didn't retain a few of these No4 MK2 rifles for ceremonial duties/special occasions like foreign armies retained a few of their older rifles.

[Peter Laidler]

The RAF Regiment did retain 50 or so and their ceremonial Drill Team still use them

[Calfed]

Thanks, Peter.

Thanks, guys. These rifles and their condition still amaze me. I've got one dated 1957 that is in the same shape.