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    I still can't believe IMA bothered to import the rarest Enfields and then ruined them all.

    Really, they couldn't arrange some kind of deal with some FFL/SOT for these since they shy away from live post 1898 "firearms" and only want to deal with antiques?


    I was curious if there was any way to get the weld bead out and restore them when I first saw them. I guess not!
    I like Promo's idea to re-sleeve the barrel rather than re-barreling it with a mismatching barrel. Might be a good alternative to leaving it alone but not being able to fire it


    Were the examples in the Faris collection deactivated Promo?

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    Nothing mentioned in the description hence I think they are all still working.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lance View Post
    I read somewhere that the royal family's personal guard could only be armed with native weapons so they copied Martini Henrys, Lee Metfords, and SMLE's along with others. All parts were made there and as for the machinery that did it, that information has been lost to history.
    It would be surprising if the machinery were not still there, unless it was hauled out for re-use in India at some point.

    But more interesting is the question of where such machinery would have come from in the first place, considering what it took to set up a production line at Lithgowicon or Ishapore, or is this a high level of "Peshawar" gunsmithing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Promo View Post
    Nothing mentioned in the description hence I think they are all still working.
    Hmm, wonder how they got around the backdoor deal to get some not ruined ones more direct from the source?

    I did always wonder about the "metallurgy" myself, since the quality looked good.
    Hand made with just a few machine tools maybe?
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    Lance, I know little to nothing on bayonets, but found today a listing for an Enfield bayonet that according to the description is Nepalese marked. Maybe something of interest to you: https://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=12896286

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    Thanks for the link. I am assuming that Nepal also made P1907's for their rifles, no evidence but I am on the hunt. There are still undocumented bayonets coming out of the woodwork like the RFI made P1903's, not conversion but new production in 1909.

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    There are still some very nice Ishy barrels on the market which would make excellent candidates for sleeving on to the existing Knox Form

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