A .22 Short Rifle Mk II... found in a creek

[louthepou]

Good day!

Well, i haven't posted in quite a while; but this one sure deserves to be shared with a group of fine folks.

An acquaintance has trusted me with doing a bit of work on this not-too-common Lee Enfield. It was found, I am not kidding, in a creek in Ontario. Apparently there was a training air base not too far from this creek; so, it may explain why a Lee Enfield .22 trainer was found in this place.

Strangely enough, it's not as bad as one would think after spending God knows how many years under water.

My goal here will be to do as little as possible to the rifle, but to make sure rust is dealt with. I will clean the bore. Yes the intention is to make it fire again... There's even rifling in the bore.

From what I know (that's very little) about this particular variation of .22 trainer, the rear handguard is wrong (it's a no1mk3-like handguard), and there should have been a rear sight guard there too. Rear sight leaf is non-matching, but the bolt does match the receiver.

I'm simply amazed.

Ok, I'll document the progress in the Restorer's Corner, here's hoping screws will cooperate. Anxious to see how bad (or nice) the metal is under the wood!

lou

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