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    A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered.  Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping.  In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail.  I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!).  CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping. Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles. Brian Dick ... BDL Ltd. - Specializing in British and Commonwealth weapons Specializing in premium ammunition and reloading components. Your source for the finest in High Power Competition Gear. Here at T-bones Shipwrighting we specialise in vintage service rifle: re-barrelling, bedding, repairs, modifications and accurizing. We also provide importation services for firearms, parts and weapons, for both private or commercial businesses.
     

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    All there I think, but doubled up, using my phone so it's a bit of a fiddle....

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    Looks like a superb, factory fresh example too!
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    Very nice, too bad the powers that be have relegated it to be a safe queen. We must hope that some day our government will allow responsible law abiding citizens to use them again.

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    Best gun porn I have seen in a while. Looks so much better with the wood.

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    She's absolutely beautiful, shame you can't shoot her, but it's a stunning example of a very rare rifle and I would give a kidney to have her in the collection!
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    That is quite a collection, I thought I was obsessive but that beats my meagre accumulation 👍

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    What exactly is the box with what looks like 2 mags and some rods in it, please?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying10uk View Post
    What exactly is the box with what looks like 2 mags and some rods in it, please?
    This is the L12A1 conversion kit used by the Canadianicon Armed Forces to shoot with .22LR caliber.

    The conversion kit is contained in a wooden transit chest which is divided to store the various parts. The kit consists of 0.22 Inch Barrel Insert, Breech Mechanism Assembly and two (2) 0.22 Inch Magazines. The four (4) parts are serialized with a serial number for each kit. For my kit, the barrel has a different serial number (#443) than other parts are (#004). There were made in Germanyicon by Heckler & Koch (HK) as you can see the “HK” stamped on the right side of the barrel. The Canadian Forces used conversion kit for indoor shooting at 25 yards with the FN C1A1 and C2A1 with appropriate targets. When I was in the Canadian Army in the 1980s, I used to shoot a lot the FN C1A1 with the conversion kit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrclark303 View Post
    pics from his thread
    Better you than me again...looks good. Just like I remember some of them. Not all though...

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    some day our government will allow
    Um...sure...guess we'll see.

    Quote Originally Posted by Flying10uk View Post
    the box with what looks like 2 mags and some rods
    Really? We have a thread that's been ongoing for a couple years that's currently discussing these. Did you never go have a look? Started by P. Laidlericon...

    Quote Originally Posted by Airforce1 View Post
    When I was in the Canadianicon Army in the 1980s, I used to shoot a lot the FN C1A1 with the conversion kit.
    I used to carry one in my rifle when I was out in the field. Shot thousands with it...mostly Winchester LPO.
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    I was in Fred's basement, (CS Military), a lot from the mid/late 1990's until about 2007 if memory serves and remember racks full of those lovely 8L series OPP C1A1 rifles. I pondered buying and importing them as parts kits less the bodies but never could strike a deal that I was comfortable with. When i built mine, I managed to scrounge all Canadianicon parts except the barrel which is nos Australianicon and the body which was one of the first batch of Entreprise Arms manufacture and excellent quality unlike some later batches or so I'm told. It's not a pure C1 or C1A1, (sorta in between), but will have to do and shoots like a house on fire. I do prefer the milled magazine catches and early beehive body lock levers anyhow.

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