New member introductions thread ......

[trooper41]

Greetings,

The name is Dave and I'm new to the forum. I'm originally from Ireland but now live in the U.S. My interest in the Lee Enfield goes back to my days in the Irish Army Defense Force Reserve in the 1970's when we trained with and used the MkIV.

Looking forward to being a part of the Forum.

Dave

[tsladen]

I am hoping this site will offer me a good basis on which to identify and perhaps even value some of the treasures I find. I hit up quite a few garage sales and estate sales in my area and am always finding interesting military items. Most I can identify within a few minutes on Google but I bought a piece the other day that has me stumped. It is a 3 bladed (or triangular bladed/ spear point) bayonet that has the stamps of Enfield but I have yet to find the exact model online and I have been searching for hours. I will post pictures later but the main features are : 17 inch tri blade, wooden handle with pins that run through from top to bottom (not side to side like most), and EFD stamped in the metal on top of the handle.

[roccosimone]

Hi, everyone. I am a long-time SMLE enthusiast. My question is: Was there a preferred manufacturer assembling the WW1 No1 MkIII sniper rifle? I have an L.S.A. sniper rifle all matching with PP Co scope. Look forward to your input. I was encouraged to join by Brian Long, BDL Ltd.

[onefastokie]

Hello everyone new to the forum Im from Oklahoma and have in the last 2 years started my military arms collection a long time intrest of mine. i started with a new ar15 then a new 1911 then got a Winchester M1917 then a Inland M1 carbine then a Springfield M1 Garand and my most recent a Stevens 520-30 which brought me here to the sight looking for some help and hopefully some answers.

[Waynet]

hi everyone.
I'm quite happy to join your community.
I am a competitive shooter out in Alberta, Scheutzen rifles mostly.
My current interests are mounting a Periscope Prism to a Lee Enfield. The scope was saved from the trash along with some WWI memorabilia. Anyone with experience with mounting one of these vintage scopes would be encouraged to PM me.

Wayne

[mccaslyn]

new to the site, been collecting milsurps and firearms for about 7-8 years or so.

[andrewm28]

Hi all. New guy here.

[RoosterBrown1950]

Hello everyone. I am retired and use to own a gun store in CA. I am selling my collection of firearms and need to research some of them. While researching a Krag-Jorgensen rifle I stumbled across an old thread on your site. My rifle appears to be almost identical to the one posted. However, the author didn't state the barrel length. Mine is 20.5" w/ SN 290,507. Did the U.S. use any carbines with this barrel length or does this make it a Norwegian carbine.

[Undercutt]

Hello everyone! just made my first Lee-Enfield purchase. A 1942 No.4 Mk1* all matching numbers. Dont know much about her yet but I hope this site will help change that. if anyone is interested in helping i would greatly appreciate it. Also any reference for reading material on Lee-Enfields would be great too.

Thank you.

[Alan W]

Hi All,
I'm a first-timer to this site, been collecting and shooting various Enfields for the past 7 years, SMLEs, P14, No4s, No8 in both .22 and .303. I've read the Skennerton and Stratton books but there's always 101 questions I want answering and I hope you guys will be able to help me out.