Some Pics For Your Enjoyment

[Lithy]

Here are some pics I did for a forum here in Oz that I thought might be of interest to the Milsurp.com community.

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[Edward Horton]

Dear Lithy

Its times like this after seeing your photos ol' buddy and becoming extremely jealous of your beautiful rare Enfield I just have one thing to tell you.....

May the fleas of a thousand dingos infest your crotch.

[Peter Laidler]

Just as a matter of interest, is that a Mk2 Bren barrel foresight protector? Looks remarkably like it. If not, I know where Lithgow got the idea!

[Son]

Just as a matter of interest, is that a Mk2 Bren barrel foresight protector? Looks remarkably like it. If not, I know where Lithgow got the idea!

From Ian's book, S.A.I.S. No 19 "Australian SMLE Variations", page 43.

"protector, foresight. foresight protectors, one piece like Bren LMG"

I don't have a Bren to compare, but I'm told they are interchangeable (?)

[madcratebuilder]

WOW! That's something.

[Lithy]

Badger, as there is no No6 Mk1/1 entry in the Oz section of the MKL please feel free to use these pics as you see fit.

[RJW NZ]

Never mind how rare and therefore desirable that rifle is, it is simply a nice, right, looking rifle that probably shoots well too. What a shame it didn't see mass production.
Anybody know how many survive out of the numbers made?

[tbonesmith]

By the way what is the forum?

[Peter Laidler]

The state of the butt pad, as shown in the last photo, is the saame as thse found on No5 rifles in the tropics. Once the heat and oil had got into them they were dire. We changed many hundreds of them and the later ones we got through the Ordnance supply system were made from a dense neoprene material that lasted for ages.

In the main Armoury of the Singaapore Guard Regiment and the 25 Company, the No5's were kept muzzle down

[Bruce_in_Oz]

Is that a "Savage" mark on the rear sight elevation screw?

Always lusted after one of these neat little carbines. Lots of interesting features like the rearsight derived from the MkV SMLE and, on Lithy's sample, the nifty buttplate that hinges on the modified swivel to reveal a large pocket in the butt.