Lee Enfield shtle mkIII* 1916

[JezoCoH]

Hello!

Im new to this forum and to Lee Enfield Rifles. I just got this rifle and need some more infromations. I found G162 in several places, so this must be serial number?

Thanks for help!

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[muffett.2008]

Rebarreled in 1918, what's all that gunk, grease or rust?

[JezoCoH]

Gunk?

Its hard to belive but its a ground found. So number 18 menas that was rebarreled in 1918?

Can you see serial number?

Thanks for the info.

[Anzac15]

The '18 on the barrel shows it was rebatreled in 1918.

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Yeah, that's 'rebarreled'....

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BYW, welcome aboard! Two quick questions..'ground found'? Haven't heard that one.
And, uh, that MP38/40...real??

[Clash77]

Looks like you've got quite a bit of corrosion on parts, and you're missing your rear handguard and the ears have broken off your front handguard. But if by "ground found" you mean you dug it out of the ground, it looks absolutely exceptional!

[JezoCoH]

Hello!

Thanks for the help.

Bouth are battlefiled relics, MP40 is real found about year ago, Lee i found some days ago, sorry if i posted some stupid questions

and complete bolt and sear spring is missing, ears of front handguard was cut off

Any ideas where could find missing parts, i want to restore it.

Link where i usually post my finds:

Digging in the rain at War relics forum

[muffett.2008]

S/n g162

[Badger]

Here's a similar old girl in the MKL ...

1917 ShtLE (Short Lee-Enfield) No.1 MkIII*

Does your rifle have a dent in the wood?

In the 1917 example above, note the large dent shown in the side of the forestock in a few of the pics of the photo virtual tour. At first glance it appears to be wood damage from some kind of impact, when in reality, it actually indicates that the stock of this rifle was from old supplies that had already been cut-out, in preparation for installing the front volley sight. By the time this rifle had been manufactured in 1917, the use of front and rear volley sights on No.1 rifles had been discontinued, as of January 1916.


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Regards,
Doug

[JezoCoH]

note the large dent shown in the side of the forestock

Hello!

No, there is no large dent in the side of forestock

is there a data base of serial numbers so i can trace where is she from?

Regards,