Ishapore Enfield, but not really... what do I have here?

[bingefister]

Greetings again, Friends. I bought this little fellow at a pawnshop before the Registry ended, and never really gave it much thought. It's a little strange, though, not a typical Ishapore refurb. It's missing the crossbolt, and the manufacturer stamp is on the wrong side of the wrist. The barrel, receiver, bolt, stock, and nosecap are all numbered ...and matching.

The stock is shellacked, and the metal is covered with a black paint of some kind. Which is chipping/peeling.

Here's a few photos, any insight into this?

 

[davemccarthy707]

Looks like factory refurb (1938) Ishapore to me. Covered in Suncorite paint.

 

[JP]

England is probably an old US style Import stamp.

 

[bingefister]

OK! Neat. Even with the manufacturer stamp on the wrong side of the wrist? I'd never seen that before, in my admittedly small experience.

 

[woodchopper]

I suspect that under the thick coat of suncorite there is very faint markings from the original factory.

 

[bingefister]

ahhh, gotcha.

 

[nugunner]

Is it possible it's a Khyber Pass copy? They have little workshops there that turn out copies of guns. Some as good as factory, most are not well made. Some downright dangerous.

 

[woodchopper]

Is it possible it's a Khyber Pass copy? They have little workshops there that turn out copies of guns. Some as good as factory, most are not well made. Some downright dangerous.

not likely, Khyber Pass rifles have lots of markings.

Ishapore did 'scrub' markings from some of the rifles they refurbed and remarked them, but mostly No4s

 

[bingefister]

The Khyber Pass was actually where I was going, with this. That was my concern. Thank you all for weighing in!

 

[CDB18]

I've got a no.1 RFI refurb with a scrubbed right wrist as well. On mine I can barely make out the older SSA marking on the rear of the receiver.