.303 SMLE mag question ? ( Pic)

[REM3200]

This is a No 4 mag but has a different follower than the other Enfield mags that I have. Anybody know anything about this style ? The mag body has a 22 stamped on the side.

Thanks,

REM

 

[CanAm]

Single shot feeder for the 22 Enfields (mk7?). You might have a rare piece there.

 

[tiriaq]

Magazine for a C No. 7. If someone needs one, its worth more than a LB No. 4 magazine in comparable condition.

 

[BadgerDog]

Answer to the same question posed by a different poster last March ...

Savage (Enfield) .303 No.4 Mk1 Magazine

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Long Branch C.No.7 Mk1 Magazine (.22 Caliber)

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Long Branch C.No.7 Mk1 Magazine (.22 Caliber)

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Notice the carved out slot at the rear of mag for the fired .22 casings to fall through into the magazine well itself. As tiriaq said, the mag is worth a few healthy bucks to a C. No.7 Mk1 .22 owner.

Regards,
Badger

 

[chanman]

Coincidentially, there's a No 7 on the EE right now. Didn't realize they were quite so expensive.

 

[REM3200]

Thanks guys - appreciate the imput.

I have a couple No3 and No 4 mags that will be up with this one on the EE in the next week.

Regards,

REM

 

[sunray]

"...quite so expensive..." Not many around anymore. All the No. 7's Cadets used to shoot have been chopped. Pity too. Friggin' things can drive tacks.

 

[Calum]

What a sweet find.

 

[chanman]

"...quite so expensive..." Not many around anymore. All the No. 7's Cadets used to shoot have been chopped. Pity too. Friggin' things can drive tacks.

Have they? We were still shooting them at Air Cadets 6 years ago. Last I heard was that they haven't been shooting them, but they were still holding on to them.

 

[tiriaq]

Corps where I help out still has theirs, and shoot them from time to time. Spare parts are a real problem, a bent rear sight axis screw can get a rifle condemned.