who made this no1 m3 forestock pls?

[ssj]

RSAF Enfield? late ww1?

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[EnfieldMan2015]

Hello, looks to be mine....

[ssj]

Welcome....another adict to the fold, LOL

[EnfieldMan2015]

Pretty funny to meet such a well known service rifle shooter eh

[Roy]

Welcome to the family Dig.


Those EFD MkIII (with provision for the cut-off) in new condition are thought to be post WW2 replacements and are encountered in both beech and walnut. As was to told to me by the fellows at EFD rifles, Kent when I visited back in 2010 and bought one, as well as a Sht LE I stock.

[Frederick303]

The DE combination is a post 1925 mark. It is seen on a lot of Enfield made replacement stocks from the WWII period. A number of these forestocks were supplied to Ireland in late 1941 in mostly beech wood, but some walnut.

You see a lot of the dispersal rifles that have that kind of wood as well, not sure what that means. Springfield sporters had a lot of No1 MK II forends, new and in beech and walnut marked with the Enfield DE.

I am not sure about post WWII manufacturer by Enfield lock, the No1 MK III was made obsolete in 1947. Of course it was made current again in 1954, but I am not sure for how long.

[Enfieldlock]

The introduction of the Mark III* rifle in 1915, did away with the need for the "fuller" rear portion of the fore-end as the volley sights were no longer deployed. So, presumably, no more Mark III fore-ends were made after existing stocks were used up. Mark III fore-ends without inlets for volley sights have been seen on SMLEs which seems to indicate usage of earlier pre-formed fore-ends after the introduction of the Mark III* rifle.
Mark III* fore-ends have much less wood at the rear end with the contour running in a straight line from the front of the trigger guard direct to the sling band inlet. This leaves no room to inlet for a front volley sight, there simply isn't enough wood. As the requirement for volley sights had finished there was no need to make Mark III fore-ends. Funnily enough, the British Army did not take into account the needs of enthusiasts who wanted to replace their broken Mark III fore-ends in years to come.
Therefore the only fore-ends made after, say, 1916 were Mark III*. Enfield made a shed load of Mark III* spares in the 1950s, which is where the pristine fore-ends come from along with the so-called South African barrels.

[5thBatt]

Post 1916 MkIII forends have the provision for the cutoff, MkIII*s don't, that's the difference between a MkIII & a MkIII* nothing to do with Volley sights!

[RobD]

Enfieldlock, you have tantalised me with the phrase "the so-called South African barrels" - can you give us the low-down?