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red paint on charging bridge and front of receiver
I just came into a 1952 RFI wire wrapped grenade launching No1Mk3 rifle. It has red paint on the front of the receiver and some on the charging bar. Since some has chipped off I cannot tell if it was a wide stripe or what. Could this be unsafe or what could the red paint signify?
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03-03-2011 06:54 PM
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It could mean anything at all, or have no meaning at all. There were/are thousands of different users of Enfield Rifles
, and there is no definitive list of how they may or may not have marked their rifles. No inference can be made simply because the paint is red - eg it may simply be that a certain Indian Police section had their weapons marked red whilst other sections used different colours.
If you have access to a proof test, then that is one way to satisfy yourself that the rifle is ok. Otherwise you have to make a judgement. Unless the rifle has been cut or butchered in some way, the chances are that its perfectly ok.
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