Anther new sniper

[paul87buick]

Check rest looks like a Sharco one Enfield Sniper 303 British : Curios & Relics at GunBroker.com

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[Beerhunter]

It looks refinished to me. It may be a trick of the light (again) but the finish looks like it is inside of the English Proof marks and US Country of Origin mark.

[PrinzEugen]

Agree with bearhunter re finish. Suppose with the ishapore screw it's probably ex indian. I wonder if the pads have been replaced maybe with modern repros - screws look flat, front pad looks quite 'square',staking holes look too big and screws clearly shy inside the reciever. Unless this is a known indian type replacement?
Foreend looks original in some ways - but weren't the numbers normally stamped length ways as opposed to across? Can't see TR or S. I suppose a Faz sniper would be rare but there are some questions.

[Roger Payne]

This is only IMHO - please bear this in mind, but personally I would give it a wide berth. It has been refinished. The pads are IMHO reproductions; look at the rear pad - the screw holes are IN LINE, not offset above & below the centre line. The screws in the front pad are flat heads not instrument heads & they finish short on the inside of the receiver wall (have seen this to a slight degree on LB's but NEVER on UK rifles unless 'got at').

Got to take the wife shopping so that'll have to do for now!

ATB