Have you ever seen one of these
- Thread starter colt1911guy
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Seems to be a single shot range rifle, but also have never seen anything like it. Is there anywhere to mount a target sight on the left side? Is the mag port in the receiver filled in?
1943 is perhaps the date is was built.
If there is no where to mount a target sight then all bets are off.
Must be one of the first "one-piece" Enfields - one piece stock that is.
1943 is perhaps the date is was built.
If there is no where to mount a target sight then all bets are off.
Must be one of the first "one-piece" Enfields - one piece stock that is.
greyman441
CGN Regular
- Location
- Wasaga Beach, ON
Looks like a kyber pass. Epps has one for sale right now. They want 130 for their's.
Could be very old.
LEE rifle was designed and built with a one-piece stock. This was MODDED by Enfield partly so they could use up existing Martini-Henry wood.
Sight markings are no crappier than on the 4 originals I have here.
I wouldn't want to say without a careful examination..... but likely I'm wrong.
More and better photos would help, especially of the left side of the action and chamber.
Back to the closet.
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LEE rifle was designed and built with a one-piece stock. This was MODDED by Enfield partly so they could use up existing Martini-Henry wood.
Sight markings are no crappier than on the 4 originals I have here.
I wouldn't want to say without a careful examination..... but likely I'm wrong.
More and better photos would help, especially of the left side of the action and chamber.
Back to the closet.
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- Location
- Beaverlodge, Alberta
check out collectorssource.com. They have something similar in their rifle section. Look under Lee Enfield single shot. Gives a snippet of info on that one there. The U on the bolt head is upside down on yours as well. Their site talked about them being converted in India in 1911
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I was kind of thinking India or Kyber Pass made. The serial number is obviously hand stamped as are the stars on the action and knox form of the barrel. It looks like someone attempted to copy the same form as a Military rifle, but did not quite succeed. If the 1942 on the trigger guard is the date, the author of this rifle would have had access to the SMLE and most of the serial numbers on them began with a letter and a serial number underneath. The "0" is stamped on the receiver, but not the barrel.
As to being converted in India, I can also see that, as the British armed their less reliable and trustworthy Regiments with single shot rifles, rather than magazine fed ones. It is also possible it was converted for sporting purposes or hunting.
Has the bore been measured to see if it is .303 calibre? Is it rifled or smoothbore?
Some of these rifles were modified to small bore shotguns in England, but this one seems a bit "crude" for the English market.
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I was kind of thinking India or Kyber Pass made. The serial number is obviously hand stamped as are the stars on the action and knox form of the barrel. It looks like someone attempted to copy the same form as a Military rifle, but did not quite succeed. If the 1942 on the trigger guard is the date, the author of this rifle would have had access to the SMLE and most of the serial numbers on them began with a letter and a serial number underneath. The "0" is stamped on the receiver, but not the barrel.
As to being converted in India, I can also see that, as the British armed their less reliable and trustworthy Regiments with single shot rifles, rather than magazine fed ones. It is also possible it was converted for sporting purposes or hunting.
Has the bore been measured to see if it is .303 calibre? Is it rifled or smoothbore?
Some of these rifles were modified to small bore shotguns in England, but this one seems a bit "crude" for the English market.
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Colt1911guy: http://picsbox.biz/key/lee enfield rifle Was yours possibly a freebie given to Chinese forces in WW2? Single shot .303 Enfields were also used by troops in the probing invasion of India several decades ago (no one remembers). Have seen several but none marked with the 5 pt star on the barrel and receiver and assume that is Red Chinese???????? Interesting rifle regardless.
