No. 4 - not for restoration!

[Patrick Chadwick]

I am normally not in favor of preserving dirt and mucky deposits on old rifles with the lazy excuse "it's part of its history". But in this case, the present condition of the rifle really is part of its history.

The first photo shows normal No. 4 in a glass case. Below it is a fossilized No. 4 recovered from the seabed off the Normandy coast.



One could doubt that it is a rifle at all, but the 2nd photo shows (centre, about 1/3 up from the bottom edge) the characteristic curve of the vestigial pistol-grip on an Enfield buttstock.



This extraordinary exhibit can be found in the Bayeux Museum of the Battle of Normany, a couple of hundred yards from the British Memorial Cemetery in Bayeux.

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