Enfield id help - sporterized - don't look if it will hurt your eyes
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bdft
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What do you want to know? Looks like a good job of sporterizing a bog standard No 4 Mk 1. Without the markings on the wrist and barrel no one can tell you much more..I am brand new to 303. and my rifle is a sporterized hunter.
1943 on the metal and this infor
Perfect candidate to have an SLR flash hider installed to tame the muzzle flash.
Looks like there's an M and other stuff above the date on the wrist, which would be ROF Maltby. The bolt release looks like the No4 MkI model (detent tab to remove) versus the MkI* that has a cutout in the bolt track.
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Seems to me that the muzzle flash is only a problem when the enemy can see you, no? So instead of a Sissy Whistle....that would be ###y Filter?
Just for looks in other words
I’m thinking if the deer or moose sees the muzzle flash, it’s no big deal, just saying…
Point well taken. Unless you are really close...it's likely a small flash?
Fellows who served would be better prepared to sound off on what it looks like from the business end when you are fired upon...not I.
maple_leaf_eh
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I read the markings as M47 over 1943. That makes it a BSA Shirley. The squared M for Maltby is different enough to be noticeable.
I agree on the skilled sporterizing. Is the trigger attached to the trigger guard like a Mk I or hung on the bottom of the receiver like a Mk II or Mk I/2? It will make a difference on the pull - not that a hunting rifle needs to be as consistent as a multi-shot match target rifle.
I agree on the skilled sporterizing. Is the trigger attached to the trigger guard like a Mk I or hung on the bottom of the receiver like a Mk II or Mk I/2? It will make a difference on the pull - not that a hunting rifle needs to be as consistent as a multi-shot match target rifle.
maple_leaf_eh
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Ok. I asked a technical question which a Lee Enfield "person" would understand. Have you taken the rifle apart? If you did, was the trigger attached to the guard with a cross pin? Or, was it hanging from the bottom of the receiver? The second is what is called a hung trigger, and one of those things the British did late in the production history, which they should have done in 1939. But they were preoccupied with just a few other matters at the time.
