My Enfield No 4 Mk 1 T

[Cheese Noodles]

I am posting pictures of my Enfield No 4 Mk 1 Telescopic. It came into my possession over 30 years ago. I knew nothing about them but saw it and really wanted it. At the time I just guessed it was the mostly original but as I have since learned, I know very little about this rifle compared to this forum. My pictures are not the best and it appears I do not have clear picture of the receiver SN, it does match the bolt. There are no marks at all on the stock anywhere. One of the screws on the check piece is wrong. It shoots very well, but the bolt is sticky to open. I put the sling on. I really liked shooting it. I have a Swede M41B & Mosin 91/30 PU. Of the three, this Enfield was the easiest for me to find a bulls eye first with a few scope adjustments . It also retained the zero nicely. I have read some of the post on the Enfield No 4 Mk 2 T, great information and detailsAttachment 78953Attachment 78954Attachment 78955Attachment 78956Attachment 78957Attachment 78958.

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[#1oilman]

Very Nice

[CINDERS]

Just a quick bit of info from my limited knowledge it looks like a M 47 C done BSA T at Shirley the serial No. from the bolt and scope bracket match (Others will be along and follow up the serial for you). BSA stocks at least the bit of the bottom fore wood I can see always have that rough linished/sanded look mine is the same. Staking on the scope brackets looks to be of the chisel type which appears not to have been messed with. Your rifle may have a replacement Butt as it appears to be a different colour and a long butt length they came out with the standard length butts underneath also near the end of the wrist section there should be S 51 stamped which denotes the rifle went to Holland & Holland this wont be there if it has been replaced. Does any of the fittings have any marks on it look at the trigger guard towards the front screw and it should have M47C stamped there, also the bands may be stamped as other parts mine has N79 stamped on the front band, M47C on the sight blade also on the sear, also on the flats on the top rear of the receiver there are stampings there I think E6 & crown is usually on the Rt one. Others will be along to give you more information than I also if I have erred I am sure to be corrected. There is a little green book about them written by one of the members here well worth investing in.

[browningautorifle]

It shoots very well, but the bolt is sticky to open.

Try cleaning the bolt and channel with a light weight oil. That should remove all the old gunk that's sticking you.

[Cheese Noodles]

I have looked for any marks on the stock on the wrist section and it is blank like the rest of the stock. No stamps seen on the front band but it does have a layer of black finish. I have two other Enfields and they are stamped on the stocks but not this one. As for the sticky bolt - I did clean the rifle very well and gave a visual inspection before firing. It sticks pretty hard once fired but I just gave it a very hard smack and the brass looked fine after firing. My skills leaned to shooting, not Smithing. I had no experience or knowledge of Enfields when I got it - just the matching S/N and nice bore, smooth functioning bolt and the rest of the visual inspection seemed OK. The visual appearance and seeing pictures of British Snipers in WWII sealed my resolve to get this rifle back in the day. The knowledge shared in this Forum made me appreciate the rifle even more.

[browningautorifle]

It sticks pretty hard once fired

OK, that's different. It might bear an examination of the chamber to see if all is well there. Is your brass showing any signs of marks or abrasions? That's usually what a tough opening is all about. A picture of a few fired casings might help us... I know you say the bore is nice...

[CINDERS]

Agreed Jim I had a MkIII where a bug had died in the chamber and the body acids ate a good divet at 5:00 o'clock the only divet in the chamber no where else 1st shot out of it fire formed the case so well that I had to bash the bolt handle down onto the top of a strainer post to get it open looked at the shell case you guessed it off to the armorer mate for a new barrel that rifle ended up being stolen. So I concur with your summation maybe the chamber needs a very very light polish say with Iosso paste.

[Roger Payne]

Looks like a perfectly genuine rifle to me, although the forend is a birch Mk2 replacement which is not correct unless the rifle has been modified to the Mk1/2 body configuration. It might have been, but I doubt it. Is there definitely no S51 on the underside of the butt, & no scope serial number where the butt fits into the butt socket of the body?

[Peter Laidler]

I looked at the Mk2 fore-end and thought that it looked too original to the rifle to be a later fitting by someone after its sale. Be interesting to see exactly what Mk/type it is. Maybe Cheese Noodles could take the trigger guard off for us to see

[chasobr]

I'm holding in my hands, a No. 4T S/N L30923 dated 1944 M47C. This rifle has mismatched scope & mount, but has scope # 19191 stamped into the stock wrist. This number may also be 10101 or 18181 as the digits are blurred with age & crud. The condition is well used. Just coincidence I imagine.