You don't see as many kicking around as you did a few years ago or many threads on them so I thought I would start one to share mine and you guys to share yours,
I picked one up about 8-10 years ago for $160 shipped, Homemade ill fitting wood grips and what I thought at the time was a DIY front sight job, I'll get to that in a minute.
Of course as with any new pistol when there is new interest, Found some factory ammo, and bought dies brass and 200gr bullets. Maybe did 3 range trips and its sat for the most part ever since. occasional trip here and there.
A new rule I made for myself was instead of having 5-6 project guns on the go at any given time I'd only focus on one until it was done(or done enough) or go through existing guns and see what they needed to be up to snuff.
Eventually got to the semi forgotten Enfield No2 mk1, With some renewed interest I began to look for new grips and a new front sight for the last year or two, Seemed to be hens teeth.
Last week a set of grips along with a bunch of other small parts came for sale on the EE, I snatched them up right when I seen them.
Began diving down the Enfield rabbit hole a little bit and came to these conclusions about my gun.
Seems to be a very early example dated at 1931
The Bakelite style grips I got(which I still am very happy with) probably would have actually been wood originally for this gun being it has the spur style hammer.
The front sight that I though someone had cut themselves was actually most likely done at the factory for sighting for the newer 178gr ammo from the previous 200gr.
Front sight should have a screw in it and not a roll pin
Original finish for this gun was most likely a black style paint, you can see remnants in the phots, Not sure if it was blued by someone or was semi blued underneath the paint, I may scratch a little off an see what it looks like underneath.
Upon removing the wooden grips I found a name etched on the inside of the frame, Looked like it make have been electro penciled so I don't think its that old.
Appreciate any input and thought or stories!
Here is the gun with the "homemade" wooden grips and the front sight had some nail polish on it
and after with the new grips, I removed the nail polish as well.
I picked one up about 8-10 years ago for $160 shipped, Homemade ill fitting wood grips and what I thought at the time was a DIY front sight job, I'll get to that in a minute.
Of course as with any new pistol when there is new interest, Found some factory ammo, and bought dies brass and 200gr bullets. Maybe did 3 range trips and its sat for the most part ever since. occasional trip here and there.
A new rule I made for myself was instead of having 5-6 project guns on the go at any given time I'd only focus on one until it was done(or done enough) or go through existing guns and see what they needed to be up to snuff.
Eventually got to the semi forgotten Enfield No2 mk1, With some renewed interest I began to look for new grips and a new front sight for the last year or two, Seemed to be hens teeth.
Last week a set of grips along with a bunch of other small parts came for sale on the EE, I snatched them up right when I seen them.
Began diving down the Enfield rabbit hole a little bit and came to these conclusions about my gun.
Seems to be a very early example dated at 1931
The Bakelite style grips I got(which I still am very happy with) probably would have actually been wood originally for this gun being it has the spur style hammer.
The front sight that I though someone had cut themselves was actually most likely done at the factory for sighting for the newer 178gr ammo from the previous 200gr.
Front sight should have a screw in it and not a roll pin
Original finish for this gun was most likely a black style paint, you can see remnants in the phots, Not sure if it was blued by someone or was semi blued underneath the paint, I may scratch a little off an see what it looks like underneath.
Upon removing the wooden grips I found a name etched on the inside of the frame, Looked like it make have been electro penciled so I don't think its that old.
Appreciate any input and thought or stories!
Here is the gun with the "homemade" wooden grips and the front sight had some nail polish on it
and after with the new grips, I removed the nail polish as well.
