Yes, that bad. Did you see how some of letters are stamped backwards and the casting marks on the hammer? As they say in Monty Python's movie "The Holy Grail" - "RUN AWAY!"
It is the letter "N" that they seem to be rarely able to make correctly - look at the "N" in "Enfield" it is like an inverted, mirror image..
The 1st thing I look for on any Enfield (No1, No4, No5, and even the 'old' Enfields) is the spelling and the orienation of the letters / numbers
How about this one ........................
G inverted (and it should be GRI)
Look at the "LE" in SHTLE
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
PM
Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield
