Can someone please explain this LE to me?????

[greyman441]

What is this thing. I have never seen a LE like this before. Look at the receiver and how it has the bolt release. Factory job or a bubba attack?

This one too.

 

[cantom]

Very nice rifles. I assume you jest.

First one looks like a No 1 Mk VI.
Second one...an early No 4 Mk I. Is it LB? Probably an early 1941 LB is my guess.

What is this thing. I have never seen a LE like this before. Look at the receiver and how it has the bolt release. Factory job or a bubba attack?

This one too.

 

[buffdog]

Trials Rifle

This looks like a Trials rifle or a very early No. 4 rifle. Do you have any pictures of the date and markings on this rifle?

These rifles are rather scarce. In the late 1920s, the British Military considered replacing the Number 1 Mark III rifle with a more updated and easier to produce version of the Lee Enfield. A limited production was made, and the Number 1 Mark V and Number 1 Mark VI rifles were produced for trials. From these trials, the Number 4 Lee Enfield evolved, and very early ones had the checkering, cut-off and stock disk as this one does.

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[greyman441]

No I wish they were mine. I am thinking about purchasing one of them maybe. Very interesting and thats why I want them.

 

[cantom]

No I wish they were mine. I am thinking about purchasing one of them maybe. Very interesting and thats why I want them.

Well, is the second one a LB? If so it looks like a presentation grade early 41...very desirable. (where's the drool emoticon? )

 

[browningautorifle]

Beautiful guns. They would be well worth having.

 

[#4mk1(T)]

The top one is plainly a No1MkVI. The bottom one looks more like a No4Mk1 Trials Model. All I can say OMG!!!! Ether one of these would easly be the corner stone of any Enfield collection! Very Cool.

 

[cantom]

The top one is plainly a No1MkVI. The bottom one looks more like a No4Mk1 Trials Model. All I can say OMG!!!! Ether one of these would easly be the corner stone of any Enfield collection! Very Cool.

Oops...missed the mag cutoff slot...you're right.

 

[mwjones]

aww....now i want a mag cutoff....

 

[nelly]

If you can, buy them both - Buy them now!!

 

[woodchopper]

Having both in your collection would be something

those are both fantastic historical rifles

 

[spinecracker]

I would buy them in a heart beat, espesially the Long Branch. If you do buy either rifle, then we demand a photo shoot and a range report!

 

[MarkdevCanada]

I'd buy them in a heartbeat you luck dog! Where did you find them?

 

[6167]

Geez....
Either rifle would be awesome to study and research.

 

[smellie]

The first one is definitely a Number 1 Mark VI.

The second rifle is definitely a Trials Number 4. Likely it will be marked on the butt-socket, same as an SMLE, and it will say
GR
ENFIELD
1931
No4Mk1

I would give my eye-teeth for either one of these (if I still had teeth, that is). I MISSED a Trials Number 4 at the Brandon Gun Show a few years ago and I'm STILL crying over it. Thing went for $350, too, just to add insult to injury..... and it was in BEAUTIFUL condition.

Many of the Trials rifles ended up being converted to (T) status early in the War, which just makes the few that survived even scarcer.

From a collector's standpoint, either of these is extremely important. Together, on the same rack, it would be pretty darned hard to beat.
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