Another Lee Metford Carbine... :)

[louthepou]

Maybe it was NL-Hunter's thread which inspired me. Anyways, I found this one recently from a fine fellow (in Newfoundland too - apparently that province is quite a source of old carbines!) who accepted to sell it to me.

Lee Metford Carbine Mk1, missing cleaning rod, but everything else seems correct. Never thought I'd add this to my collection, but here I am...

Lou

 

[FredSKS]

Nice!

 

[RangeRover]

Geez..it's raining (snowing) Metford carbines. Very nice scores for both you and NL-Hunter. They say good things come in threes. If so, there's another one of these lurking out there somewhere...

 

[kawicrash]

Wow, that's great. I don't think I've ever seen one in person.

 

[Pblatzz]

Sweet

 

[Nyles]

Beauty!

 

[Evanguy]

Wow man, that is a nice rifle. Im always amazed when these come up unsporterized. Thats a nice find. It has the nose cap and all( i made 30 of them so im a little obsessed with the nose caps)

I love the LEC and LMC rifles way to much. One(my wife) may even say i have a problem

Id trade one of my lungs for that if you ever find your self needed a lung transplant

 

[gregc]

really nice piece of history, thanks for showing

 

[B_noser]

Very nice catch Lou. And the D- ring is still intact! A rare find these days.
Is there any info on the regimental disc?
I have a sister carbine that was issued to Royal Canadian Artillery in Gananoque, Ont.
Send me PM if you would like to compare serial #s.
Congrats

 

[donor]

Beautiful thing it is.Knowing me I would look for the source of Linotype to shoot it as WW alloy lead would be too soft for Metford rifling.

Then again I have cool PB mold in that caliber and with short barrel like this they would really shine

 

[louthepou]

Very nice catch Lou. And the D- ring is still intact! A rare find these days.
Is there any info on the regimental disc?
I have a sister carbine that was issued to Royal Canadian Artillery in Gananoque, Ont.
Send me PM if you would like to compare serial #s.
Congrats

Sadly the disc is blank - it would have been great if it had something stamped on it!


Not sure if I will get to shoot it - but it would be great to at least see what she is capable of.

 

[englishman_ca]

A very nice untouched example.

Looks to be marked to Regiment of Canadian Artillery on the wood. 12th Battery?

 

[CMichaud]

If you are able, take the disc out carefully (without dinging the wood) and see if there is any stamps on the back of it.

 

[NL-Hunter]

Very nice specimen. D ring intact and all. Noticed no holes for leather sight protector. There are sure many variants. Maybe the disc was left blank to canadian issued versions?