Quick Butchers - 1915 BSA No1 Mk3

[ArtioZen]

I picked this up from a dissolving private collection at the weekend - amongst the 10 to 12 strong Enfield examples, this one "spoke to me" best. It seems to have green paint deep in the details and to have survived the great war for a refit - the cutoff was added back later I guess. The butt is a replacement with Enfield stamp and non original disk. Headspace checked out so it is destined to be shot at paper...and be kept in this form, although I am still to remove any wood to check for other marks..

More when I can get free - any comments / observations?

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[Smellymarkfive]

Lucky you got the small head nose cap screw. Looks nice. Does it have it's original sight?

[browningautorifle]

Nice, nice...looking rifle.

[ArtioZen]

Thanks for the nose cap screw size tip SmellyMarkFive!

It seems to be a 1920s rearsenal (am learning about this period). So I expected the foream to be replaced with volley sights ommitted, magazine cut off removed and a non windage back sight added but numbered.

It has matching numbers between, receiver, bolt and nose cap - the rear sight is non windage and not numbered to the rifle - it has another rfiles number struck out. Similalry a stacking swivel is back - the added back parts (stacking swivel , magazine cutoff) have a different finish and patina. Ths came from a collection that was started in the 70's by an x-pat whom seems to have had a good source or parts and a steady hand for adding them to the right rifle (a pattern observed from the 12 examples studied) - I just hope there was not more green paint than remains now. I am delighted to add it to my collection and let it continue ageing in preservation with light use - I have already promissed it to my youngest - Ill see that he waits a good while for it!