Grandpas Enfield

[Ty500+]

So I have recently aquired my Grandfathers Lee, and in all honesty I'm not too sure what exactly I have..other than the obvious .303 Sporterized Enfield.

I was hoping some of you could educate me on this particular rifle. ANYTHING is helpful and appreciated.

Thank you in advance

 

[tiriaq]

Butt socket tells the story. A Mk. III* rifle made in 1918.
Sold off surplus and commercially sported in the UK for resale on the sporting goods market, most likely in the '60s.

 

[collector67]

And, a good candidate for restoration, as it looks like only the stock was cut down....

 

[Ty500+]

Butt socket tells the story. A Mk. III* rifle made in 1918.
Sold off surplus and commercially sported in the UK for resale on the sporting goods market, most likely in the '60s.

So that's what the GR BS AC all says?

Year is straight forward. S(HT)LE III ...the "HT" Im sure I can findthe meaning of easily

As for the resto part...as much as Id like a full wood version, just the fact is was grandads rifle, I'll probably leave it
There seems to be so many missing pieces anyways

 

[milsurpo]

GR: built during the reign of King George by British Small Arms Co. (a public corporation). The rest just is abbreviation for Short Magazine Lee Enfield with the III* indicating it conformed to the slightly simplified version that emerged during the Great War. Good decision not to "restore" it as it costs a lot to do so and installing the forend properly is not straight-forward. Enjoy it for what it likely meant to your Grandfather.

milsurpo

 

[green]

BSACo Birmingam Small Arms a major British gun maker and military rifle maker 1860s-1960s.
Also made motorcycles and many other things.

 

[XRCD011]

Nice old rifle with family history, enjoy as is and pass the history/memories to other family members in time.

 

[kawicrash]

If you start typing it in Google it actually auto-fills in the info.
Always a good place to start.

 

[lerch641]

GR = Georgius Rex

Like milsurpo said it was proofed during the reign of HRH King George and all British firearms produced during his reign will be marked the same, that's why anything proofed during HRH Queen Elizabeth's reign has EIIR for Elizabeth II Regina.

 

[Ty500+]

Thank you all for the help! Anything I can continue to pass on through the years only makes it that much better

 

[donor]

BSA made a lot of really fantastic military motorcycles and bicycles. Some of them did sport rifles like yours during both wars and in between.