Enfield with a tiger's head stamped on it

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A buddy showed me a couple of sportered Enfields he had. One had Indian(?) characters in places, and a stamp of a tiger's face on the wrist socket.

What is it?
 
"This is a scarce item, missing from most Enfield collections, with only 10,000 made, far fewer than either the Mark V Trials rifle or the No. 1 Mark 4 (T) Sniper rifles. $1095.00 (View Picture) "

Damn!
 
woodchopper said:
well I wouldn't go that far. $1095 :eek:
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+1 .... :eek:

~Angel~ has one in her Enfield collection, c/w the bayonet that also has the Tiger's face on it. The bore is a sewer pipe, but the rifle is a good collector's example of this mfg run.

Some interesting marks on them and even the serial number is in Arabic lettering. I'll try to get a photo montage done at some point and put it up in the Milsurp Knowledge Base.

Regards,
Badger
 
When I was collecting Enfields, I had a chance to pick up a very nice all matching Siamease "tiger head" Enfield for about $250, and I still didn't what it... Just because something is "rare" doesn't always mean big bucks. It's only worth what someone will pay for it.
 
Siam ordered 10,000 rifles from BSA, complete with bayonets and slings in january 1920 to a total value of 76,625 pounds. the order was completed by December of the same year and the inscription in Siamese, (not arabic or indian),
reads "Mark Rama VI BE 2462" BE2642 is the Bhuddist era 2462 (AD 1919 on the European calendar) other markings would be the serial number.

King Vajiravualh reigned from 1910 to 1925. He had been educated in England and was a graduate of Sandhurst. On completion of of a musketry course at Hythe he was attached to the Royal Durham Light Infantry for a short time.
The tiger is representative of the Wild Tiger Corps which the king founded in 1911 as a volunteer force largely composed of public servants and included the Royal bodyguard.
 
Siamese Enfields

I have two Siamese Enfields, one is complete with the bayonet and metal scabbard, and the other is a sporterized model with only the wood cut back. I was going to try to restore the first one, but came across the second one and put that in my collection. The bores aren't anything to get excited about, but they are an interesting addition to any collection.

Albayo
 
albayo said:
I have two Siamese Enfields, one is complete with the bayonet and metal scabbard, and the other is a sporterized model with only the wood cut back. I was going to try to restore the first one, but came across the second one and put that in my collection. The bores aren't anything to get excited about, but they are an interesting addition to any collection.

Albayo
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Should think it's well worth the effort to restore the Bubba'd one.

My one restoration project. Saw an ad for a No4 in the paper many years ago. Went to the guys house and unfortunately the forend had been 'SPORTYIZED' Almost passed it up until I saw the date on the butt socket. 1931! and then noticed the scope mounting pads. Took several years to find the bits and a Mk1 scope, but it is all together now.:D
 
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