Enfield #4 - what have I got ?

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Well, I’ve owned several Sporters sand still have a couple but never one like this. At some point appears somebody did some scratching to try and find identifying marks of which I can’t find any either. Picked it up yesterday and was pretty gummed up.

- It’s marked “England” at top of breech.

- Stamped 1942 with a “H” prefix serial number

- Curious raised FR on the butt stock.

- Flash hider that slides on and held by small set screw. Haven’t had it off as will have to let it soak a bit as likely carbon build up.

- #3 rear sight.

- Excellent bore.

My question being was this sporterized or some form of a lightened rifle?

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With a defective rear sight.
Golden State Arms in the US cobbled together some No. 5 lookalikes years ago. This might be one of them.
 
IMHO it's a one off. Golden State Arms used to stamp their logo onto the barrels and their flash hiders were originals that had been swaged and pinned to fit No 4 barrels

tiriaq is right the rear sight elevator stop is broken or bent. Still, I've seen worse.


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Most of the fake jungle carbines that were produced by companies like Golden State, or Gibbs, replaced the front site of the no4 when they shortened the barrels. This rifle appears to have it's full length barrel and merely has a conical flash-hider installed over the bayonet lugs (or the lugs have been cut off and the flash hider is over the remains of the barrel forward of the front sight guard).
 
From left to right, #1, 3, and 4 are defective. The arm should not extend that far...it will get caught up on things. It is caused by wear. The stamped sights were an expedient, and nowhere near the quality of the machined rear sights.
 
stencollector said:
From left to right, #1, 3, and 4 are defective. The arm should not extend that far...it will get caught up on things. It is caused by wear. The stamped sights were an expedient, and nowhere near the quality of the machined rear sights.
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Correct, I have found the release arms have a tooth that either wears or breaks off completely.
 
The flash hider came off with no trouble when set screw was removed and it will be staying off. Looks like the barrel was cut back a bit.

From chatting to former owner believe those scratch marks on receiver came from a overly aggressive verifier looking for a makers name at time of registration of long guns.

Will give it a good cleaning and refinish over the winter.

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REM3200 said:
The flash hider came off with no trouble when set screw was removed and it will be staying off. Looks like the barrel was cut back a bit.

From chatting to former owner believe those scratch marks on receiver came from a overly aggressive verifier looking for a makers name at time of registration of long guns.

Will give it a good cleaning and refinish over the winter.

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with a little lathe work it would be possible to turn a small step and then machine a sleeve and make an extension on that barrel without damaging the bayonet lug.

they you would cosmetically have a full length barrel.
 
REM3200 said:
The before and after. Was pretty grungy under the wood but cleaned up nicely. Gave the wood a stripping, stained and three coats of Tru Oil. Now reassembly and off to the range to try it out.
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That "grungy" is the cosmoline/ grease that kept the metal so pristine after all these year's.
 
zuke said:
That "grungy" is the cosmoline/ grease that kept the metal so pristine after all these year's.
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Nope, if you look at the first pics the finish was in scratched rough condition. I took off the old finish and did that as well. Retirement one day project on the winter to do list that got bumped to a nice fall day.
 
REM3200 said:
Nope, if you look at the first pics the finish was in scratched rough condition. I took off the old finish and did that as well. Retirement one day project on the winter to do list that got bumped to a nice fall day.
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The metal that was covered in grease under the wood look's pretty good in your pic's
 
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