Canadian Markings??

[Strangely Brown]

These pictures have been doing the rounds on Facebook because the owner isn't sure what they are or represent.
I've certainly never seen the circle with a C inside on the wrist strap of a No.4. or indeed the word SURREY stamped on the barrel.

Canadian target rifle?

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[Lee Enfield]

These pictures have been doing the rounds on Facebook because the owner isn't sure what they are or represent.
I've certainly never seen the circle with a C inside on the wrist strap of a No.4. or indeed the word SURREY stamped on the barrel.

Canadian target rifle?

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...standard-2.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...standard-3.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...standard-4.jpg

"Surrey" was a model / grade of sported rifle... marketed in Canada

The N prefix and lack of proper British manufacturer codings seem to be a mid/late '50s "commercial" No4Mk2 which has been previously discussed here.

The "circled C" is not a Canadian military/competition marking, it would be an "oval C".

[mrclark303]

Interesting to see more pictures of this one..

[S-A-M3]

I have a similar rifle with serial N1767, I was told by the previous owner that it was part of a batch of about 50 rifles hand assembled[new parts] for Service Rifle competition in the early 1960`s,my one was used in the NZ Navy,don`t know who or where they were assembled. There is another similar rifle here in NZ. All the woodwork of mine is matching, hand numbered in pencil. Stuart.

[muffett.2008]

Maybe Naval issue, both "Surrey" and "Stuart" are names of ships.

[Surpmil]

The "Surrey", "Suffolk" and "Sussex" conversions were low-budget sporterizations of No.1 and No.4 Rifles made up in the 1950s and perhaps 60s. I always thought they were done by Parker Hale, but perhaps not?