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My new to me Lee Enfield post war Maltby.I think it's post war...
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Bought it off Reccman
 
i see many numbers, and i see a 50 bottom third of the wrist socket.

Talking about the safety, i activated it after cocking the rifle, and pushed it forward again, and now the bolt wont move. How do i get it to move again?
 
Perhaps the mechanism is jammed by grease and was not withdrawn. If necessary, the screw could be removed, and the safety mechanism removed to free the bolt. I do not think that Maltby was in operation as late as 1950; Fazakerly was the only ROF by then. Perhaps the rifle is a post war FTR. Usually FTR marks are on the left receiver sidewall. If you want, you could describe all the marks on the left side of the butt socket.
 
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This is the position it is stuck in

On the left side of the band is written
something that looks like MM5
underneath it B or DY
under that, there are the numbers 17837
and under that, something like a crown with a cross on top of it
and under that theres 50
 
In the photo, your rifle is on half ####. That could be why the bolt won't open. Pull the cocking piece all the way back.
 
Yes, three vertical bars. Pull the piece back until the rifle is cocked. In the intermediate position, a little lug engages a block in the bolt and prevents rotation.
 
It's a cocking piece. The striker on a Lee Enfield is the firing pin. Remember, this is ####-on-close, so the part you are referring to does, in fact, #### the rifle ;)

Test the safety as well - if turning it off drops the cocking piece to half-#### you'll need either a new sear, cocking piece or safety assembly. A gunsmith should be consulted.

ROF Maltby stoped making rifles in 1945, so the 50 stamped on the receiver can;t be the year of manufacture - got a closeup pic of the markings? If the 50 is stamped on the socket, it likely is an inspection or rebuild date stamp.

Is there enything electro-pencilled on the side of the receiver wall aside from the stamped "No.4Mk1"?
 
Claven2 said:
It's a cocking piece. The striker on a Lee Enfield is the firing pin. Remember, this is ####-on-close, so the part you are referring to does, in fact, #### the rifle ;)

Test the safety as well - if turning it off drops the cocking piece to half-#### you'll need either a new sear, cocking piece or safety assembly. A gunsmith should be consulted.

ROF Maltby stoped making rifles in 1945, so the 50 stamped on the receiver can;t be the year of manufacture - got a closeup pic of the markings? If the 50 is stamped on the socket, it likely is an inspection or rebuild date stamp.

Is there enything electro-pencilled on the side of the receiver wall aside from the stamped "No.4Mk1"?
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No, releasing the safety does not bring it to half-cocked, i have to pull the trigger to do so.

I'll check when i get home, i'm at work right now, and try to post a close up picture. My digi cam sux for closeups.
 
If the cocking piece hangs up on half #### when the trigger is pulled, there are a couple of causes. Bubba may have been at the cocking piece trying to lighten the trigger pull, or the sear may be damaged. Usually not a great problem to fix.
 
Yes, if the rifle is cocked, and you wish to place the action on half ####. The purpose of the half #### is to catch the cocking piece if it were to slip from full #### by accident or mechanical failure.
 
Exactly - it's a safety feature. One that was ommitted for a while in 1944 on British production at BSA and Faz, along with cocking piece serrations as an "ersatz" measure. Most of those cocking pieces, along with the expedient dogbone safeties that don't have the helix-threaded bolt-lock, were replaced in the field after the war due to the potential safety issues if rifles were dropped hard on the buttplate.

The half-#### should never engage if the trigger is pulled - only if the sear slips off the cocking piece without a pull of the trigger.
 
Something new that finally arrived this month for ~Angel~'s Enfield collection........

1903 (or possibly 1902) No.1 Mk1 Enfield Rifle
(Mfg by London Small Arms)

(Click PIC to Enlarge)

The rifle shown in the MKB's picture virtual tour is in "like new" museum quality condition. It's an LSA (London Small Arms) pre-production rifle marked Patent 19.145/90 and was a presentation piece that came complete with matching bayonet/scabbard/frog & original black leather sling. It was double serial number marked with LSA's commercial serial # 66 and also with a military serial # 37E.

Photo display and more details have been added top the CGN's Mulsurp Knowledge Base under British Service Rifles (click here)http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?p=763825

Regards,
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