The wood shop feeding Longbranch in Canada did yield some orignal NOS Canadian Destined cheek pieces in the last decade. Nearly 5 million spike bayonets were reported produced. The No. The number actually produced is believed to be 250,000. Although troops often resorted to more expedient means of modifying frogs to retain No. II* bayonets. Certain serial number prefixes were reserved for trial rifles and specific rifle types. Savage was the only other maker to follow Singer's pattern of marking the spring plunger. There are fewer finer rifles that are a pleasure to own, enjoy and shoot than the peacetime made Lee Enfield No4 Mk2. This symbol is similar to the Australian Defence Dept. Henry Repeating Arms recently presented a $25,000 check a nonprofit organization that provides support and programs for the families and co-workers of firefighters killed in the line of duty. 4 Mk. 7B/1005/21/103/1147 4Mk. Many Baird examples have a crowned IG mark on the socket. Thank you for the welcome. Canadian Arsenals, Ltd. was the post-war successor to Long Branch. These bayonets equipped the 2ndNew Zealand Expeditionary Force. Guns, Parts and Accessories Quick Shopper, WTS/WTB/WTT (Want to Sell, Buy or Trade) Forum, Appraisals, Fakery, Dispute Resolution & Mediation Forum. These specific letter prefixes were assigned to ROF Fazakerley and BSA Shirley, the only two manufacturers of the No5 rifle, this ensured that there would be no duplicate serials during the production run of No5s. They did not add the serial number of the rifle to the second butt stock edge, nor the S51 mark to the wrist - this Hollands work is not recognized as required for continued service in those parts. The last picture illustrates an unusual mark, occasionally found on No. These come for the Lee-Enfield No.4 MK1. The Lee-Enfield series of rifles is one of the most successful bolt-action rifles of all time. Barrels with two, three, four, five, and six groove rifling were produced. 2" over "Bg" over Crown-JF proofmark over "5171". My thought is its a Savage No4 Mk1* lend lease made in 1942, It has the ( S ) markings and machine marks, The receiver, barrel, bolt, magazine and stock all have the same Indian furbished serial numbers and the savage markings. Mar 09 Bodnar's Auction Sales. When reference is made to an all matching SMLE the serial numbers must all be the same. Before the war, Prince-Smith was a manufacturer of machinery for making woolen textiles. It is probably a 2 groove barrel, most Savage No4`s were, but it shoots very well for what it was intended.Robert. starting with a 1) indicates it was manufactured by ROF Maltby in Yorkshire, England. by Steve Hoog 23 Mar 2012, 13:42, Post It has been observed that only on No4T rifles, there can be found an "X" mark on the upper left flat on top of the left fore end that holds the receiver wall. The Lee Enfield by Ian Skennerton (2007) - ISBN: 9780949749826 . These were originated for the No4 rifle design by Singer Machine Co, hence they are often referred to as a "singer sight". II bayonets from 19421944. Forging subcontractor marks tend to be very deeply struck. I sniper variants. I bayonet was a throwback. When the No4T was conceived the cheek piece was transferred / continued. An average example runs about $375 in very good condition at the time of this writing. This is an apolitical forum for discussions on the Axis nations and related topics hosted by the Axis History Factbook in cooperation with Christian Ankerstjernes Panzerworld and Christoph Awender's WW2 day by day. US$40 (4 bids) The bayonet and socket were one solid forging. C-71-111-000/MX-000 will be used for parts procurement. 4 Mk. We specialize in all military surplus weapons from AK-47s, AR-15s, Mausers, CETME, Enfields, UZIs, and much more! BI-1005-99-961-7794 Being a Mk1* we knew that though. "S" Two Swiss codes are noted. These were provided to Britain under the Lend-Lease Act. I've looked all over the internet and I can't find any info. This example came in a modified Turkish belt frog. The easiest way to identify a "Jungle Carbine" rifle is to look for the markings on the left hand side of the receiver; a genuine No. 1 Enfield rifle was adopted by the United Kingdom in 1941. be forewarned, Spike Fever is contagious! The No 4, Mk I* Lee-Enfield: Introduction - YouTube 0:00 / 22:26 Introduction The No 4, Mk I* Lee-Enfield: Introduction britishmuzzleloaders 83.5K subscribers Subscribe 10K 598K views. In the expert write ups, there is reference to the H&H contract use of an "S" on the would-be "single round cut off" mounting ear section of the right receiver wall. It is stamped nothing at all like yours. Free shipping for many products! 4Mk. 4Mk. The rifle's two-piece stock and 10-round magazine are two of its most distinctive features. 0000001613 00000 n 0000001426 00000 n 4 (T) 303 BRITISH SNIPER RIFLE 1944 . There must have been a lot of them to survive 2 world wars and all the action and attrition they were exposed to. Carries the electropenciled New Zealand property marking and serial number. trailer AA was webbing. Seen in the picture above are the places where the serial number and manufacturer can be found. It is a bolt action repeating rifle with a 10 round box magazine and free floating barrel, and is chambered for the venerable Mk.VII ammunition in .303 caliber. SMLE Mk1 Forestock. !o, I am hoping to get some help confirming or disproving my theory about this 1963 Indian furbished Lee Enfield No4 Mk1* I bought a few days ago. 1* is functionally the same as the Mk.1, but various changes were made in the design to make the manufacturing process faster. British No4 rifles were set up with a 5 digit serial number system with 1XXXX being allotted to Maltby, 2XXXX Fazakerley, 3XXXX BSA Shirley. III rifle also began to take hold, different mounting systems were tried. Here's a picture of a maltby 1943 with a similar 'M' as yours, before the 1943: The rod of this example is marked S7, indicating manufacture by subcontractor Auto Engineering Ltd. of Croydon. Subcontractors produced many of the No. (120mm.) 2. My thought is its a Savage No4 Mk1* lend lease made in 1942, It has the ( S ) markings and machine marks, The receiver, barrel . Weight unloaded is Nine pounds even (I weighed it!) The first photo below is of a Hollands installed cheek piece on a 1944 scopeless rifle - its position, form and fit is per the as-new standard. This revised specimen was the best of its type and was still in use by NATO forces. The very early contracts at Holland and Holland for T conversion included selected rifles from Savage, Longbranch, Maltby and BSA (a single Fazakerley example has been documented @ 2020) - this was too much variation for the conversion process to be efficient and by early 1942 only BSA rifles were to be converted. It was thought that these may have been used by Australian units serving alongside the British Army, however, Australian issue of these bayonets has not been confirmed. These were the last No. Per the contract and description Hollands were to remove the L / "flip" battle sight when present from the sending factory and replace it with one of their provided milled micrometer sights (either Singer Machine or Savage made and marked) - this would leave the rifle needing a new "zero" - a pass through an "Enfield Rest" test. They would apply this mark to th butt heel - running along the axis of the rifle - red with the muzzle on the left. 4 spike bayonet was the result of a 20 year series of studies, experiments, and troop trials seeking to find a lighter, handier substitute for the venerable Pattern 1907 bayonet. They are tight barrels. Also, the Tape Hunt makes a return. II was a simplified version, eliminating the milling cuts required to create the cruciform blade flutes. According to Jordanian collector/ researcher Ahmad Hatamleh, Jordan and Iraq were the two countries in the Levant where the British helped establish their national armies. II*, with approximately 84,566 reported produced from 19431945. No.4 MK1 Buttplate With Trap LE4045 $9.00 1 review (s) Lee Enfield # 1 MK 3 Canvas Rifle Cover (Case) With Sling Carry Strap, WWII Pattern LE3092 Made from heavy canvas material, this gun case was used for the Enfield #1 MKIII and #1 MKIV rifles. An increasing consensus is that this simply may be a viewer's mark, as this mark seems only to be found on Baird No. The pictures at left illustrate some of the forging marks. This illustrates just how long after their obsolescence, that bureaucratic inertia can demand retention of items in military stores. Cure Date: 0000002950 00000 n The, The very first Maltbys and BSA's produced their own and used the associated early marks for each (large B for BSA, stylized M for Maltby). 4Mk. These included the Ross MK. 1 in 1939. VNS mark represents "Viners Ltd. Sheffield, England" a subcontractor of Enfield parts. Welcome to the forum. II was otherwise identical to the Mk. . Lee Enfield No4 Mk* Long Branch 1944 - SOLD No4 Mk1 Fazakerley 1944 Serial KC25154 - Sold No4 Mk1 Maltby 1942 Serial M10655 - Sold No4 Mk1* Sterling 7.62mm Conversion - Sold AIA Lee Enfield M10-A1 Cal: 7.62x39mm - Sold Long Branch No4 Mk1* 1950 - Long Butt - SOLD No4 Mk1 7.62mm - SOLD No4 Mk1 BSA 1942 - Sold No4 Mk1 Fazakerley 1942 - Sold Lee Enfield #4 MK1 - MARSTAR CANADA. During the war, the No. 4 Mk. by Saxon Cross 22 Mar 2012, 21:33, Post The socket is fabricated by welding together seven sheet steel stampings, eliminating the socket forging process altogether. Quantity: 2 ea. I now own one and some of your information is a little off. Singer produced 1,141,782 No. 4 bayonet scabbards in having an integral web belt frog. by verdenpark 30 Mar 2012, 08:34, Post The British No.4 MK I Enfield rifle was well respected for its smooth action and reliability. endstream endobj 770 0 obj<> endobj 771 0 obj<> endobj 773 0 obj<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/ExtGState<>>>>> endobj 774 0 obj[775 0 R 776 0 R] endobj 775 0 obj<> endobj 776 0 obj<> endobj 777 0 obj<> endobj 778 0 obj<> endobj 779 0 obj<> endobj 780 0 obj/DeviceGray endobj 781 0 obj<> endobj 782 0 obj<>stream This is my first personal Enfield and second in my family. I will have to check through Skennerton tonight. 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I read that BO would indicate early 1944. 10,203. 4 Mark I* was the primary rifle of the British and Canadian armed forces during WWII, and it served well into the 1950s. The following maker marks are pictured at left: This scabbard is pictured on page 133 of Graham Priests book, Spirit of the Pike - British Socket Bayonets of the 20th Century. According to the author, the example in my collection is still the only brass-throated scabbard reported. British Enfied rifle No.4 in action protecting a Bren gunner. After collating needs and the shooting thoughts of the time, a triangular sling swivel was designed to replace the front trigger guard screw on all No4Ts built after November 1944. Along with the manufacturers name both the date of manufacture and the type and mark of the rifle is also shown. I will continue to add additional variants as I acquire additional pieces. After hostilities the No4T parts and CES lists were re-standardized with the 1907 USA Leather Sling as a standard (despite the progress and learning). 4 scabbards, the Securing Tab remained in British Army stores until the mid-1970s. The safety latch style and M47C mark and the SM marked rear sight as as the 1945 examples above. 4 Mk. You must log in or register to reply here. 4 was 44 12" long, weighed 8 lbs., 11 ozs., and had been adopted in 1939 to replace the Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)renamed the No. No4 rifles were given a starting number that may be used to identify manufacturers, but again there was no set serial blocks. Any stock of the P14 cheek pieces would have been transferred to the 4T program - first built by Enfield Lock and then by Hollands - it is not clear when these transitioned to new made cheek pieces. Hey guys, I just recently was given by my boss a Lee Enfield NO.4 MK1 303 British that I am trying to gather all the info about. This indicates the length of the bolt head with the larger numbers being the longer bolt heads. Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. 4 rifles and bayonets after Belgium was liberated in September 1944. The rifle was dated 1942 and a lot of the No 4 and some No 1 SMLEs issued to South Africa was eventually sold to the SAP agencies then onto the surplus market. Apr 25, 2010 #2 Threeband The M1 Does My Talking J'aime Je n'aime pas : Lee Enfield No4 Mk1 vs Armes modernes en .308 : Page 1 sur 1: Sujets similaires. This "last-ditch" SMLE was manufactured in 1943, and it has all the signs of a wartime firearm made in the throws of desperation. 1 Mk3 mark III SMLE No4 Mk1 1917 British Parts Lot S at the best online prices at eBay! 0000002206 00000 n The swivel was to be "low turret" in design so that the sling body would be stopped by the existing magazine loop - this allowed the sling to be "locked" in a diagonal exit path off the fore end at an ideal angle to wrap the bicep and provide sling position options for better steadying in all positions. Feb 9, 2020. Once the initial range of numbers was maxed out a letter prefix was added and the numbering began again. 2 bids. Prince-Smith used four different markings: Howard & Bullough Co. of Accrington, Lancashire, was one of the smaller makers of the No. Nice rifle regardless That was my original though, I know I wont get a 100g% sure answer I'm just looking for most likely. The left side receiver wall has the "angled transition" (just below the ejector screw) which is a Savage (rather than British-made) feature, so its one or the other of the New World manufacturers, but I don't know if Long Brach also did the same thing? Decades of experience with handguns and holsters have given the author some excellent insights into the most popular designs. The scabbard is a Mk. 4 Mk 1 was made only in America and Canada and featured an additional simplification omitting two parts and some machining operations that allowed the bolt to be removed from the receiver by aligning the bolt head perfectly with a gap in its guide slot along the side of the receiver. Most of these seem to have been released / imported in the 1980s. Israeli domestic made scope brackets are unique. In the case of Savage Stevens the serial numbers began with a 0C1 and for Long Branch 0L1, these serials progressed in sequence directly relating the serial number to the number of rifles produced. He does mention the stylised 'M' is rare compared to the other factory markings encountered. The serial number is DA22567A, above the serial number it says NO.4 MK1 F (FTR) that is all the markings I can really see on the gun and I was wondering what year the rifle was made, the model it is, & how much it is . You can build more Battery Ammo and .303 at the Chem bench. Hollands were contracted to produce enough swivels to retro fit all arms found in service and they were provided as an armourer spare part. Enfield MK1 S.M.L.E.303 British 24' barrel 1905 production This. These war time sling swivels were made by Hollands and are typically browned steel. Later in World War II, a hot black oxidizing process was substituted. 1 Mk. II was, by far, the most numerous variant, with over 3.3million units produced. 4Mk. II* socket bayonet was used in Iraq during the Second World War and by the Iraqi Army after the end of British occupation in 1947. Four scabbard designs saw significant use with the No. by Saxon Cross 23 Mar 2012, 13:50, Post Serial Numbers, Model, Mark and Manufacture Identification, Serial Number and Manufacturer Information Locations. 1.5 - Added 200% more memes for all my Brazilian fans. So if you have a genuine Maltby T - it was converted in 1941 and a little into 1942 at H&H while stocks lasted - typically Maltby "Ts" are nearly always 1941 dated - a 1942 example that is genuine has yet to be documented. The factory was built by working around the clock during 1942 and was provided with capstans, drilling and milling machines, centre lathes, a steel-hardening and processing plant, and a centre-less grinding machine. "F.F. Two-piece construction gives the No. Here we have a scopeless and virtually unfired 1944 No4T on the left and two heavily reworked "sportster" T's (the middle professionally done by Sante Fe) and an American surplus "bubba" on the right. The Sante Fe in the center was completely polished and blued by them to make a premium scoped sporter - they removed the original serial from the wrist and added their own by stamping through the bluing (original barrel serial is still present) this rifle may have picked up the fabricated safety spring at Santa Fe. The rifle functions beautifully, I'm just trying to track things down as much as I can. If anyone can help me out I would really appreciate it. 4 rifle into at least the 1960s. Since the overall length is 46", it will fit many other rifles. The stocks of British manufactured examples are typically a naturally seasoned English walnut that has a moderately dark brown color and has a tight, straight grain. (pictured at left) Unissued Savage Enfield No 4 Mk1 Rifle , 303 British. The new rifle was well regarded by the troops receiving them. by gruff27 22 Mar 2012, 20:09, Post Very good 5 groove barrel. 1 rifle), but changes were made to the. Savage rear micrometer sights have some unique machining features in the battle peep - which will be missing on the T format versions. 2) A "F" on the flip-up brass disc on the butt plate 3) Four things that look like stars or asterisks on the bottom of the magazine. Get the best deals on Enfield Slings when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. It has been consistently observed but no reason or original documentation found to support it. WIth the No4T there are still a couple of ways to do this - long length of either sling forward or rearward - depending on your stature and preference for adjustment. Lee Enfield No. British "Enfield" rifles are some of the most iconic small arms in the world. The Government assigned each manufacturer a Dispersal Code to use in lieu of their trademark. The following illustrates the four bayonet and scabbard types that were mass produced; and some unusual variants that I have acquired. II* over BEC N96, inside an oval (pictured at left). 4 Mk. The prefixes were assigned as follows: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, L, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T ,U, V, W, Y ,Y, Z, AA, AB, AC. 4Mk. They may or may not have the serial stamped into the front part of the fore-end and in the case of the Australian Lithgows it may be stamped into the butt as well. Known Issues: PA 3rd Person broken (Wont fix) Tape clipping. Interesting feedback, here are all other markings that I can find. Hollands would mark all rifles that they converted, not spare parts. Note that not all FTR rifle were converted. UKSkennerton's Arms and Militaria Press. Piece of cake rebarreling the old No4. 4Mk. It is essentially an updated N0. This one was no different. Gun Parts, Enfield Model 1917 or Others, Iron . Other than the war time Hollands originals, some of these commercial sling swivels have been retrofitted onto Npo4Ts - probably in private hands. 1 various markings. Enfield Rifle For Sale. 4 Mk. by Steve Hoog 23 Mar 2012, 15:17, Post The world famous Lee Enfield in one of it's most popular incarnations, the Lee Enfield No.4 Rifle is one of our best sellers. I've been privileged to shoot Lee-Enfield rifles before and have always found them to be worthy of their reputation as well built, accurate rifles. The rifle Savage produced was the Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.1*, a British military design that was adopted by the U.K. just a few years before World War II began. BSA experienced a third level of maker coding change - each of its factories were given an "A,B,C" location definition. I markings were reminiscent of how Pattern 1907 bayonets were marked, with the royal cypher, type, and maker. In 1943, Prince-Smith was assigned the dispersal code N56. 4 Mk. Auto Engineering produced approx. Apart from the markings as stated above, you should take note of the woodwork. II*, all in the UK: Prince-Smith & Stells, Howard & Bullough, Lewisham Engineering, and the Baird Manufacturing Co. 1.4million No. On the opposite side of the RFI 1963 stamp,is there a serial number? In the future, with a bit of luck, i should be a position to purchase an active Lee Enfield No 4. . Qty 1 F Sep 1986 Hosted by Andy H. Gruff, I don't know but will check mine when I get home tonight and report in if it is on mine. These came together as you see them; bayonet and sheath have "4" painted on. This is a Lee Enfield No. Some of these rifles seemed to have laid in stores until the end of the war and then they and and the remains of the BSA marks were furiously converted to "T" status by H&H while the contract lasted. I (T) and No. Commercially, in the United States, these rifles have not been widely available for some time, although nice unsporterized examples can still be found. My Long Branch No4 Mk1* has the "angled Transition". Five distinctly different markings were used (all are pictured at left): Lucas marked the bayonets with M158 on the top of the socket. Don(B3)RAOC Primary Pack. The M47C is typical, as is the date and TR mark. For example, No. 5 mm. The 2ndNZEF fought in the North African and European Theatres as part of the British 8th Army. The bolt heads are marked 0, 1, 2, or 3. Pakistan and India added the "Ishapore" screw to reinforce the front wood forward of the knox (more likely job creation for armourers). This Mk. Founded in 1999. That`s a No4 Mk1* made by Savage for England in the days of WW 2. This example was manufactured post-War for Belgium. Moncton, N.B. When the number sequence reached 9999 the next letter assigned to the factory would be substituted in place of the former. II* its characteristic stepped join between blade and socket. 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