Enfield No.2 Mk.1 with no "*" and no hammer spur

[spinecracker]

I have only just got into researching Enfield service revolvers, and have come across a very early 30's Enfield No.2 Mk.1. There is no "*" marking. There is also no spur on the hammer (see photo), so it appears that the revolver has been modified to the No.2 Mk.1* configuration, but has not been marked accordingly. What may have led to this? Someone forgetting to put the "*" on (not very likely)? A replacement hammer? A bubba job?? The shape of the grips is consistent with No.2 Mk.1 grips, not No.2 Mk.1* grips. I am trying to find out if the revolver is SA/DA or just DA (just to be on the safe side).

Attachment 44894

Edit - just had it confirmed that the revolver is DA only.

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.

[jmoore]

Any more photos? Can't tell a whole lot from the one.

[spinecracker]

Attachment 44897Attachment 44896Attachment 44895

Was having some computer troubles earlier, but now all fixed.

[jmoore]

'Mo better. But a rear view looking forward of the hammer might help. The finish looks correct on the frame, etc. If you pull the sideplate and do some close up internal views it might help as well.

[spinecracker]

Sorry, the revolver is not in my possession, and the seller only has a limited number of photos. There are none of the internal gubbins, and no more of the hammer from any direction. I will try and push for more photos.

[Brit plumber]

Tell the seller to pull the hammer back by hand and see if it cocks, I've had a few where the spur has been removed in foreign service. Does it have any Egyption property marks?

[spinecracker]

No Egyptian or other foreign service marks, hammer does not cock when you pull it back.

[Peter Laidler]

In our service we'd always mark the star if it was converted to Mk1*. I'd say that it's been through 'foreign' hands. There are several ways that you can tell whether it's a dogs breakfast of mix and match parts and an internal glance at the hammer and trigger will tell. But externally it looks like it's got a Mk2 hammer.

The actual grips have no bearing on anything really. You could have anything that was on the shelf of the Armourers shop except that they couldn't be mixed of course. A GOOD sign of a UK Military revolver is the modified left grips - the high sided wood or plastics were modified.

They were good little pistols providing that a) I didn't have to fix them and b) the Armourers shop ammunition account had plenty of ammo in the ammo store!

[barbarossa]

Spinecracker, your revolver is an early No.2 Mk. I version when originally made. It would have been both SA/DA in the mechanism when produced in 1931, thus have a spurred hammer. For more info get ahold of a copy of the Stamps/Skennerton Enfield revolver book.

[spinecracker]

I passed on the revolver (picked up an Albion No.2 Mk.1** instead - a reasonable way to start a collection of British WW2 sidearms), then came across this example:









The finish on the hammer looks a bit rough, and I know that the front sight blade has been buggered with. There are no markings indicating foreign use. I am waiting to hear back from the seller regarding whether or not the hammer can be cocked by pulling it back.