Grenade launching rifle

[ShenValley1]

Hello everyone. I am a new member to this forum and I have recently acquired a wire wrapped Enfield Mk III rifle with a grenade cup. I believe it is refurbished in India for the grenade firing features, but do not know for sure. I would like to describe a few of the marking found on the buttsocket and bolt to try to ID the original manufacturer.

First, the right side has a crown marking, with a faint GR below it. Then, no marking at all until SHTLE marking, with III below that.

On the left side, a U is found at the top behind the safety lever.
At the bottom below safety lever, at large arrow, with RIF below that and then 1927 below that.

On the bolt head there appears to be crossed square flags, maybe double struck. The area above the chamber has GR with another GR in front of that. Around this second GF are three bizarre not recognized marks in the metal. The bolt has a SA, with an arrow below that and then below then a F. The serial number C4702 is found on the bolt, receiver, magazine, and nose piece. The wire wrapping is found in two places, between the sling swivel and the bayonet mount and also behind the rear sight.

The grenade cup has S&B , with HL and 1942.

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

David Brown

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[boltaction]

Does the rifle by any chance have an SSA stamped on the rear of the receiver, to the left of where the bolt slips in? You would need to look right at the back of the rifle's receiver in order to see it?

Ed

[buffdog]

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You will get a lot more information if you move this Thread to the Lee Enfield Fourm.

CAUTION: Some people have tried shooting Tennis Balls from the Cup with disasterous results. Only solid objects, (metal Grenades) were intended to be fired. A tennis or other soft projectile can expand and cause an obstruction in the cup when the pressure of the gases from the fired Grenade Blank cartridge hits it. Rifles have been blown up by this.
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