I'm willing to bet she saw some action - my great uncle joined the British Army the year this gun was made, he served in Mesopotamia (Iraq), Egypt, India, Afghanistan, and China before retiring in 1938 - and was called back up in 1939. This gun has it's original barrel - is the bolt carrying the same serial number? If so, very nice find, and well worth the cost of rebuilding.
lee enfield no1 mk3 help
- Thread starter kevincrull
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It was built by London Small Arms in 1918 for the First World War.
It got a new barrel in 1928.
It took 12,000 rounds to burn out an SMLE barrel, although many were replaced in peacetime at much lower counts.
Yes, this one has "been there, done that" and got half her clothes ripped off into the bargain.
She's yours now.
Time to start looking for a new dress, perhaps..... keep the old girl happy.
This one is a keeper: ANY LSA is worth keeping.
It got a new barrel in 1928.
It took 12,000 rounds to burn out an SMLE barrel, although many were replaced in peacetime at much lower counts.
Yes, this one has "been there, done that" and got half her clothes ripped off into the bargain.
She's yours now.
Time to start looking for a new dress, perhaps..... keep the old girl happy.
This one is a keeper: ANY LSA is worth keeping.
- Location
- Sudbury, Ontario
I'm not sure what you guys mean about rebuilding the gun. Is it missing something that I can't see? The gun works flawlessly and for a 95 year old firearm that has most likely been to war, it's in what I would consider remarkable shape.
Just curious if there is something that I don't know. Like pieces missing or something that is there that shouldn't be
Just curious if there is something that I don't know. Like pieces missing or something that is there that shouldn't be
All those little "Xs" mean they were once pictures, but you took the pictures out of photobucket, or whatever you used, and when you do that, the pictures go from where you put them.
IF YOU POST PICTURES, LEAVE THE PICTURES ON PHOTOBUCKET.
It is missing much wood. Google SMLE images & you will see some photos of what it used to look like.
It was sold off as surplus AFTER the Second World War, so it saw Service in BOTH Wars.
LSA made only 5% of the rifles built in England during the Great War. They made NONE in the Second War.
Originally, it had a Magazine Cutoff and full wood to the Muzzle, with a steel Nose Cap assembly with a Bayonet Lug and it had a wooden Upper Handguard.
As built, it was possibly the single most BRUTAL-looking weapon of the Great War.
Before the Great War it was looked down upon because of the light barrel ("cawn't possibly shoot with THAT, old man!"), but it made millions of devoted fans just a few years later because it could take ANYTHING the Trenches could hand out. Likely it is the single toughest rifle ever made..... and you can get off 10 aimed rounds with it faster than you can with a Garand.
Yes. I like them.
And you have one of the BEST.
Check Wikipedia under "Lee-Enfield". You are looking for the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield, Mark III. That's what she is.
LSA made only 5% of the rifles built in England during the Great War. They made NONE in the Second War.
Originally, it had a Magazine Cutoff and full wood to the Muzzle, with a steel Nose Cap assembly with a Bayonet Lug and it had a wooden Upper Handguard.
As built, it was possibly the single most BRUTAL-looking weapon of the Great War.
Before the Great War it was looked down upon because of the light barrel ("cawn't possibly shoot with THAT, old man!"), but it made millions of devoted fans just a few years later because it could take ANYTHING the Trenches could hand out. Likely it is the single toughest rifle ever made..... and you can get off 10 aimed rounds with it faster than you can with a Garand.
Yes. I like them.
And you have one of the BEST.
Check Wikipedia under "Lee-Enfield". You are looking for the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield, Mark III. That's what she is.
Should look like this
My 1918 LSA MkIII*
I note yours is a MkIII no star, the only difference is the Magazine cutoff in the reciever.
Cutoffs, yours is missing but the slot is there.
- Location
- Sudbury, Ontario
Thanks so much for your help guys. I'll see what I can about finding some of those parts eventually!
