German WWI capture marked Enfield No. 1 Mk.III

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When we recently had discussed the German captured Enfield Rifles, I shortly previous had bought one of these, but it was not here yet. Now that I have it, as well as a few days off, I finally found time to take pictures of it.

The front end of the front handguard is missing, unfortunately. But I might somewhen find a part that I can cut apart and use as spare. Also the rifle has a rather unique "conversion" of the magazine. Instead of a magazine it features a plate that simply closes the bottom even. It can be opened using the normal magazine catch. A bit odd, almost like an empty brass catcher, but very well could also be a former German "single shot conversion", since I bought it in Germany.

The most important part is anyway the near pristine stock that carries the DEUTSCHES REICH capture stamp in it. The brass disc also has an unit marking of which I'm sure the members in here will be able to tell me who had carried the rifle.

The rifle otherwise is all matching numbers, including the bayonet lug which I had forgotten to take pictures of. It has very nice original blueing and no modern firing on it .

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