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Arcgarrets

Arcgarrets

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Hey Milsurpers!
I'm relatively new to shooting and interested mainly in handgun sports but I was just given an old military rifle from my grandfather. He said he brought it over to Canada when he fled Germany in the 40's. I don't even know how to begin looking up any info about it so I figured I'd post some pics and ask you fine folks. The stamp says Churchill England and that its a .303. It looks like the mag can hold about 10 rounds. Anything you could tell me about the rifle would be highly appreciated!
Thanks guys!
http://s1159.photobucket.com/albums/p630/arcgarrets/
 
Sounds like an enfield commercial sporter done by churchill.
Run a search here for the word churchill, should bring you some info. Just make sure to reset the time to more then one week.
 
A Number 4 Lee-Enfield, done up as a sporter in England likely for export to Germany Germany from the look of it (that high-comb stock). Holds 10 rounds of .303 British.

My eyes can't read the markings on the left side of the Receiver and Butt Socket; that's where the date and manufacture markings are found.

Interesting that this rifle has a VERY early bolt with the ROUND cocking-piece: about 98% were the flat style.

Churchill of London did quite a number of LE conversions, many in the higher grades, as this one.

Nice toy!

Treasure this one!
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The guys have it pegged pretty well. But I would be surprised if that rifle were made in the 30's or 40's, looks more like 1960's or 70's by the styling( monte carlo stock, white line spacers and skipline checkering) At any rate it's a nice Lee Enfield sporter.
 
Arcgarrets said:
Hey Milsurpers!
I'm relatively new to shooting and interested mainly in handgun sports but I was just given an old military rifle from my grandfather. He said he brought it over to Canada when he fled Germany in the 40's. I don't even know how to begin looking up any info about it so I figured I'd post some pics and ask you fine folks. The stamp says Churchill England and that its a .303. It looks like the mag can hold about 10 rounds. Anything you could tell me about the rifle would be highly appreciated!
Thanks guys!
http://s1159.photobucket.com/albums/p630/arcgarrets/
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One thing we should remember about older people is that they have lived a very long time, and sometimes events, places, people and things get a bit blurred up in later memory.

These rifles were sold for surplus after WWII, and were made into sporter rifles by the British Gun Trade. Most of this was done in the 1950s.

If your grandfather came directly from Germany in the 1940s, German citizens were not allowed to have rifles for a while after the War, except for certain people like Game Keepers, Police, etc. The rifle is based on a Lee-Enfield Number 4 rifle, and this was the current service rifle in England at the time.

Your Grandfather would have EMIGRATED but not FLED Germany after 1945, because WWII was from 1939 to 1945, and the rifle had not been converted then. The British would not have released it for sale as they had a hard enough time finding rifles for their own Military.

Most of these Churchill, Sussex, Surrey and other "brand' name rifles were sold in Canada during the late 1950s and early 1960s. You could buy them mail order from Eatons, Simpson-Sears and other outlets, and in many of the Hardware Chain stores.
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