enfield mkIII real deal or not

[joey butts]

I have a mkII that i inherited from my uncle who passed and not sure the value, if its the real deal or some knock off. the serial number is v72979. any help with this would be great. thanks

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[blazer91]

You have to post pics with that kind of statement, new guy... lol, the more the better for the experts on here to help you.
cheers

[joey butts]

will do, thought maybe the serial # would have worked. not up to snuff on the old guns, got another old one but not sure if anyone on here messes with shotguns, its a diamond arms 12ga and looking at it i have yet to find the serial # on it, only thing besides diamond arms i have seem is a stamp on the top of the barrel that says patented august 12 1913. will add pics of it too.
thanks

[Patrick Chadwick]

The v.... is insufficient. V was used by various manufactuers at various times.
What we need is:
1) An overall view, large enough to see if anything is missing. And whether it has/had volley sights.
2) Close-ups of both sides of the wrist, as this will normally be sufficient to identify the manufacturer and year of manufacture.
3) A close-up of the backsight, as the variations here also affect the value and can indicate reworking etc.

There were millions of SMLEs made. And a lot have survived, mostly in rather worn condition. So external and internal condition and relative rarity of version are major factors in evaluation.

[joey butts]

Thanks for that info Patrick, I will try to have them pics up today or tomorrow. It looks to have never been fired besides by the manufacture, reason I say this is it has thick yellowish grease all inside of it. I appreciate all the help, will post the pics asap. Thanks again.

[Aragorn243]

That think yellowish grease is cosmoline and it's extremely common with military rifles. They packed it in cosmoline before putting it into storage. So that alone isn't enough to determine if it's been fired or not. I've gotten a few worn rilfes that were packed in the stuff.