Enfield in 22 Hornet

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well I picked up an interesting piece at auction

started live as a Long Lee 1895
converted in to a 1912 22RF trainer for the Royal Navy
rebarreled with a new 22 cal barrel in 1940, ShTLE lenght
interesting that the comercial proof reads .22RF not .22"-.610"
and finally converted to 22 Hornet. very well done
removeable magazine in an aluminum block
bolt face machined and with a plunger ejector

these are my initial observations of this rifle, I only took a quick 5 min to give it a once over and it needs some serious cleaning.

I know I need to post pictures of this one but I've been busy with another shotgun that I need to fix up and sell.

and I need to research the Argentinian Colt 45s ;)

pictures will come once its cleaned up.

I can do a side by side with the 1912 Navy trainer I have thats in original condition.
 
Sounds like an air crew survival rifle.
There's buckets on info about Argentinian 1911's. Sistema's. Start here. Add the W's. .cruffler.com/review-june-00.html
 
sunray said:
Sounds like an air crew survival rifle.
There's buckets on info about Argentinian 1911's. Sistema's. Start here. Add the W's. .cruffler.com/review-june-00.html
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well lets see.... no your very wrong its not an Aircrew survival rifle, thanks for comming out.

they did not build the aircrew survival rifles on 1895 Enfield recievers.

interesting that my other Navy Pattern 12 trainer is built on a 1898 receiver. It is in the original .22RF

have not had much time to play with my guns, but there will be pictures.
 
International Firearms, Montreal was selling these in the 60s. Strictly a commercial conversion.
 
woodchopper said:
well lets see.... no your very wrong its not an Aircrew survival rifle, thanks for comming out.

they did not build the aircrew survival rifles on 1895 Enfield recievers.

interesting that my other Navy Pattern 12 trainer is built on a 1898 receiver. It is in the original .22RF

have not had much time to play with my guns, but there will be pictures.
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What are you new here? ;) the quoted poster is almost always wrong, so much so in fact, I'm very impressed with his consistency.
 
were not the aircrew survival rifles .25 cal 5 rd mag with folding stock and reside now only among the prohibited? quite resembling a sten gun? i fired one once when i was a 13 year old kid in Saskatchewan, owned by a friend of the family long since passed on now, and he told me thats what it was.
want to see this enfield in .22 hornet
 
were not the aircrew survival rifles .25 cal 5 rd mag with folding stock and reside now only among the prohibited? quite resembling a sten gun? i fired one once when i was a 13 year old kid in Saskatchewan, owned by a friend of the family long since passed on now, and he told me thats what it was.
want to see this enfield in .22 hornet
 
infideleggwelder said:
were not the aircrew survival rifles .25 cal 5 rd mag with folding stock and reside now only among the prohibited? quite resembling a sten gun? i fired one once when i was a 13 year old kid in Saskatchewan, owned by a friend of the family long since passed on now, and he told me thats what it was.
want to see this enfield in .22 hornet
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I'm pretty sure they were in .22hornet... maybe khornet. I also think they are restricted, not prohibited. They do resemble a sten in that they are a very simple gun, built with no concern for aesthetics.
 
I have interest in that I also have a couple of 1912 trainers, one being built up from spare parts. Although it holds zero collectability, it is authentic looking, a conversion to 22 Hornet has peaked my curiousity. Another of my projects is a Sht.22 Mk.IV that has been rechambered in .222 Rem., also a parts gun, so this in my mind gives me the freedom to mess with something already messed with.

Both would be single shots but getting them to have reliable extraction and ejection will extend the limits of my technical abilities.

Seeing what others have done to meet meet the challenge will be interesting. I have some ideas of my own.
 
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