Help to identify this Lee Enfield

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Helping out a friend that purchased this Lee Enfield. Its chambered in 7.62mm and has a Parker Hale rear aperture sight. He says it is labeled No.1 Mk. 1 on the receiver but he was going by memory at the time.

He's looking for a 7.62mm magazine for it as he says the one he has is marked .303. Any help on IDing this rifle, approximate value (bore and barrel are rated as very good) and where he might find the correct mag and what it would cost?

Thanks.

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That is a No. 4 rifle converted to 7.62 for target shooting. It was intended for prone, slow fire. It was not intended to be used with a 7.62 magazine. The .303 magazine was retained as a loading platform.
As a target rifle, it is collectible, and has value.
 
It's a No 4 MK 1 (Maybe *) . Check to see if it has a 4 digit serial number stamped on the receiver ring. They were usually issued with .303 mags to be used a a loading platform and a single shot rather than a repeater.

If you were a member of the D.C.R.A. during the 60's you could send your rifle to Long Branch and they would re-barrel it for you to 7.62mm NATO, bed it and send it back, They would stamp the # of the completed rifle they had done on the receiver.

Mine shoots great!

Scott
 
Thanks, I'll let my friend know that it could be a D.C.R.A. rifle and that the .303 magazine is correct as it was intended to be only fired as a single shot.

Any idea of value?
 
To see if it is a proper Long Branch conversion, look for an arrowhead and a number on the receiver ring. There is a market for the backsight on e-pay. A couple of hundred $$ each, regardless of condition or provenance.

FWIW, to make one of these feed 7.62 besides a different (and British) magazine, you need to machine a couple of radius reliefs on the bottom surface of the receiver so the magazine will sit higher. That and another extractor.
 
If a true DCRA rifle it will have a maple leaf and number after that on the bolt handle as well on the barrel under the wood.
 
That one seems to in pretty decent original condition, so that, its relative rarity, and the PH sight I would put a Price of around $900 as a mid range quote.

Enfield prices have been going up quite quickly lately. A rifle i paid $450 three years ago I could probably sell for $600 +/- $50 or so no problem, maybe more.

But what I hell do I know.
 
fugawi said:
Thanks, I'll let my friend know that it could be a D.C.R.A. rifle and that the .303 magazine is correct as it was intended to be only fired as a single shot.

Any idea of value?
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Just a little bit of added information. There WERE 7.62 magazines made for these rifles! During the change over from .303 to 7.62 contracts were let to both Sterling and Enfield to alter the rifles to be repeaters (I believe). Sterling won, and made a magazine and a combination extractor/ejector to turn them into repeaters. I know this to be true as I have one, and my brother has two. He contacted Enfield many years ago and bugged the hell out of them for spare parts and got all of the extractor/ejectors and their last 2 magazines. They then told him never to contact them again. IF you can find the proper mag, hereabouts they will run you $100 to $150. each. Just and FYI.
 
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