A Restored .410 SMLE?

[englishman_ca]

So basically, somebody simply re-barrelled the 410 smooth bore musket with a 303 rifled barrel and then cancelled the 410 marking?

This would have been done post 1942 (410 conversion date). Well, there was a war going on at that time. Somebody needed a rifle more than a shotgun?

Maybe we can glean some clues and determine who did this if we could see the markings on the barrel reinforce either side of the Nock's form and the underside.

[30Three]

Regarding Post #7.
If you have a spare bolt for your .410 SMLE shotgun; would it need to be numbered the same as the shotgun to be legal? Seeing as it will also fit a .303

[Giove]

My dear friends, as I have already said, I asked the seller for more photos (post # 6). The gun isn't mine and is located about 130 Km. from where I live.

[Alan de Enfield]

Regarding Post #7.
If you have a spare bolt for your .410 SMLE shotgun; would it need to be numbered the same as the shotgun to be legal? Seeing as it will also fit a .303

I really don't know. the question has never arisen.

[Giove]

The buttstock bears a mark, the letter G in a roundel (I - I - G and the broad arrow, I supposed, the mark is faint) and the III: a buttstock from an Indian SMLE Mk III , I think.

[Alan de Enfield]

The buttstock bears a mark, the letter G in a roundel (I - I - G and the broad arrow, I supposed, the mark is faint) and the III: a buttstock from an Indian SMLE Mk III , I think.

The ISA /|\ is certainly Indian.

[englishman_ca]

Inspectorate of Small Arms

[Giove]

Yes Alan, you are right, but what I meant was that the mark I-I-G-/|\ was used, in India, since the beginning of SMLE Mk III production (1909?), while the I-S-A /|\ mark was used since 1918, if I remember correctly.

So, if everything is correct, the buttstock is very old, older than the rifle.

[Giove]

Does anyone know the meaning of I-I-G?

[Strangely Brown]

Does anyone know the meaning of I-I-G?

Indian Government Stores according to a couple of sources.