Long Brnach N°4 rifles from Italian Navy

[RussiaBerdan]

Long Brnach N°4 rifles from Italian Navy

Some years ago and Italian Mylisurplus dealer had the possibility to buy 10.000 enfield rifles, n°1 and n°4 models and sub models, from the Italian Navy arsenal in Taranto. Before that big deal the prices for a N°4 and N°1 were extremely high, from 600 to 850€ and 1000€ for rifles with volley and cut-off sistem, and extremely rare. After that I started to buy many weapons from that dealer and also I went to the navy arsenal of Taranto to buy something, waiting a year for the Italian bureaucracy.

ex Navy rifles

LB made in 1942 2 rifling

http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/421.jpg
http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/424.jpg
http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/425.jpg

LB made in 1944 2 rifling

http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/enf445.jpg
http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/enf444.jpg
http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/ENFIELD2RIGHE005.jpg
http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/ENFIELD2RIGHE004.jpg

LB made in 1955 ex Savage rebuilt by Long Branch 2 rifling

http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/enf558.jpg
http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/enf553.jpg
http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/enf552.jpg

N°1 MkIII* of 1918 with Canada Dominions markings

http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/2.jpg
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LB of 1950 got before the weave of Navy Rifles 5 rifling

http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/enf501.jpg
http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/enf505.jpg
http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o607/RUSSIANBERDAN/enf506.jpg

best regards

 

[zuke]

Nice collection started there!

 

[desporterizer]

Nice! Did they have any ammo too?

 

[Dyspnea]

Beautiful rifles!

 

[RussiaBerdan]

Nice! Did they have any ammo too?

The Italian Army and Navy had the order to destroy all the ammunitions older than 20 years. Is a Miracle the Navy didn't destroy them like other thousands of weapons in the past.

 

[zuke]

The Italian Army and Navy had the order to destroy all the ammunitions older than 20 years. Is a Miracle the Navy didn't destroy them like other thousands of weapons in the past.

Those are the one's that survived, many 1000's went up in smoke before someone pointed the historical significance and the money that could be made by surplusing them off.

 

[cyclone]

After that I started to buy many weapons from that dealer and also I went to the navy arsenal of Taranto to buy something, waiting a year for the Italian bureaucracy.

How.......ironic.....