7.62MM Indian Enfields

[Claven2]

Thought I'd show my motley pair of Ishapore 7.62 Enfields.

Top rifle is a 1965-made 2A, shown with a 1942 dated round-pommel M1907MkII bayonet.

Bottom rifle is a 1966-made 2A1, shown with a 1944 dated square-pommel M1907MkII bayonet.

Not sure why both bayonets are MkII's with different pommels, and the square version having a false edge on top of the point, while the round-pommel version does not. One of life's mysteries, I suppose.

The rifles are both original, except for the GPC repro mag in the 2A. Those mags aren't that bad, but I had to do some fitting to get it to feed and eject well in the 2A. If anyone is willing to part with an original 2A/2A1 mag so I can make this rifle correct again, pls let me know! While the repro works just fine, it being a repro has me loosing sleep at night - lol.

Anyone else got a 2A or 2A1 to show off?

 

[Timberlord]

Thought I'd show my motley pair of Ishapore 7.62 Enfields.

Top rifle is a 1965-made 2A, shown with a 1942 dated round-pommel M1907MkII bayonet.

Bottom rifle is a 1966-made 2A1, shown with a 1944 dated square-pommel M1907MkII bayonet.

Not sure why both bayonets are MkII's with different pommels, and the square version having a false edge on top of the point, while the round-pommel version does not. One of life's mysteries, I suppose.

The rifles are both original, except for the GPC repro mag in the 2A. Those mags aren't that bad, but I had to do some fitting to get it to feed and eject well in the 2A. If anyone is willing to part with an original 2A/2A1 mag so I can make this rifle correct again, pls let me know! While the repro works just fine, it being a repro has me loosing sleep at night - lol.

Anyone else got a 2A or 2A1 to show off?

I have a '68 that was covered in that dirty black wax crap when I bought it 20 some years ago.
Turned out beautiful , all matching , Luan Mahogany stocks with very few dings and oddly a ( #'s matching ) curvy end cap.

 

[hondroid]

First picture is several years ago while I was getting a scope mount made that used the Weaver TO1 mount but added a picatinny rail to enable 30mm tube optics for better vision.
Second pic is both of my scoped rifles together. The 2A1 is in a ramline stock set and the paint was a mistake. But a reversible one.
I still have the complete wood set with all fittings.

 

[woodchopper]

I will need to dig out my 2A

bought it about a decade ago at auction, before there was internet bidding,

it is unmolested original

 

[Snider shooter]

The bayonets I am currently trying to get a few of so have been looking into the different varieties of the Indian knife bayonets.
First one is an early mk2. No false edge on top. The second is actually an mk3 or transition bayonet. Early mk3 but marked mk2.
I started collecting them. I thought how hard could it be to get 3 Chindit knife bayonets. More than 3 Ishapoers. All 3 mk’S have transitions which can be marked with a star or not. I currently have a mk2 with round pommel and a false edge which a has false edge of the mk3 coming from Australia. Made in Australia by NWR( North West Rail). So the Australians also made the knife bayonets. Still doing some research on how many different ones and who made them. Still finding information on them. Definitely a lot more of than I thought. Up to 2 so far and just started buying them a month ago. I thought collecting regular 1907’s bad enough with all the different varieties. I figured I’d narrow it down and go after one type and found out there are a few more than I thought.

 

[Mattyr82]

The only Australian manufacturer of Pattern 1907 bayonets was the Lithgow Small Arms Factory at mainly the Lithgow plant and later the Orange Annex from 1942 onwards till 1945.

NWR is Indian and not Australian.

 

[Snider shooter]

The only Australian manufacturer of Pattern 1907 bayonets was the Lithgow Small Arms Factory at mainly the Lithgow plant and later the Orange Annex from 1942 onwards till 1945.

NWR is Indian and not Australian.

North west rail of Australia. Supposed to have made a few. Still trying to more information. Only Indian marks is on the scabbard. I sent a friend a picture of the one inspectors mark on the blade. Hopefully he can trace it to india or Australia.

 

[Mattyr82]

There was the North West Railways workshop at Moghulpura, Lahore which began producing Pattern 1907 bayonets during WW2 but there is no such thing as NWR in Australia producing bayonets. There was only one entity that made the pattern 1907 bayonets in Australia and that was the Lithgow small arms factory which manufactured pattern 1907 bayonets from 1913 until 1945 and created sub variants from that.

 

[Claven2]

All the written references say the same thing, NWR refers to the Moghulpura, Lahore factory. Those bayonets’ grips are also stocked in the same wood as Ishapore rifles, not coachwood.