Enfield Question

[promed557]

Hello, I'm missing my safety on my enfield No3 Mk1. Seems to be a lack of parts around for the No3. Would parts for a No4 fit?

 

[woodchopper]

no No1 Mk 3 parts are different then No4 Mk1 parts


Where are you located ?? I've got spares

 

[smellie]

Number 1, Number 3 and Number 4 parts are all very different.

Is your safety on the left side of the rifle or the right side?????
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[promed557]

Hey, thanks for all the replies! I guess i need to properly identify the rifle before getting parts! The safety is on the left of the rifle, and on the right is a stamp of I I I. So does that make it a Mk 3 then?

 

[smellie]

Nope, not quite.

Safety on the left is a Lee-Enfield, either a Number 4 or the earlier SMLE, which ran through several Marks.

Safety on the right means a Pattern '14 rifle, later called the Number 3. It is a Mauser redesign wich saw service in both Wars, often as sniping equipments.

Your rifle obviously is a Lee-Enfield and is marked as "III", so it is a Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Rifle Mark III (if built before 1927) OR a Number 1 Mark III (if built after 1927). They are exactly the SAME rifle, just the name was changed. Does yours have a * after the III? What is the date of manufacture? Should be there, just above that III.

You need a safety for an SMLE...... which is also called a Number 1 Mark III.

As above, Woodchopper has mentioned that he has spares so you an get that piece of history safe again.
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[MusicianShooter]

Hey pardon my ignorance...
but is the half-#### position on a No 1 Mk 3 not safe?
Is where you can't work the bolt or trigger.

PM me. Thanks!

 

[promed557]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies! Stamp says 1917, no * after the III. It is stamped with SMLE.

I've been in contact with people with parts, so soon I should be in business!

 

[stevebc]

promed, is there a slot in the right side of the receiver, below the bolt and above where the magazine is?