Any ideas what this is ?

[rhodders]

I have just purchased the following
Built on a ,

Long branch No4 Mk 1 * (bolt and action matching numbers) 1943
An Ishapore 7.62 mag
27" heavy barrel
marked CR1470, F923, D71.
7.62 mm 2.01
Regulated by Fulton

The sight is marked PH 5C

The bolt has been modified to extract 7.62.

The wood work is all over the place obviously cut down from something else and will hopefully be replaced with whatever it should be depending on your responses.

thanks.

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[Badger]

The Regulated by Fulton stamping got my attention ...

Sounds like it's been modified and set-up for target shooting, especially with the Parker Hale sight addition as well.

With thanks to member RJW NZ, there's an article in the Technical Articles for Milsurp Collectors and Re-loaders (click here).

Fultons of Bisley; Enfield accuracy secrets revealed. (By RJW NZ) (click here)

Article Extract .....

Prestigious shooting contests held in the UK from the 1860’s were designed raise the standard of accuracy in the shooting fraternity and by assimilation, in the army. As the 1890's gave way to the 20th century one name began to stand out as an extraordinary shooter and as an insightful gunsmith; Fulton. An historic anecdote states that G E Fulton's alterations to Enfield Rifles improved their accuracy so much that the official bulls eyes on targets had to be reduced in size, twice. Would that we were all such good shots and could make a claim to fame like that!


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Perhaps this will help somewhat ...

Regards,
Badger

[Thunderbox]

It sounds like a fairly common type of gunsmith-built target rifle, as used in the 1970s and 80s. These are very similar to factory-built Envoys/L39s and tend to have the same list of parts:

- No4 receiver
- Enfield 7.62mm barrel - free floated
- Envoy/No8 forend or - more usually - cut-down No4 forend, either reamed out for the heavy barrel
- No4 .303 magazine (used as a single loader) or occasionally properly converted to Enfield 7.62mm magazine.

As "first generation" target rifles, these are no longer in demand (in UK at least) and often get stripped for parts. Its fairly common in UK to find these rifles at auction missing the target sight and magazine - which have been put on eBay...

[Mk VII]

It was very common to have .303 magazines on these just as a loading platform. Nobody ever used a magazine anyway. No doubt someone has sought to enhance its marketability by fitting an Indian one (which were never seen here until recent years).
Those hammered rifling CR1470 barrels last for ages.