Noob Lee Enfield question!

[Rubikahn]

What does the asteriks after the models mean? As in No 4 Mk 1*.

 

[oddjob]

if they made a change to the number 4 mk 1, but didn't feel it was big enough of a change to warrant a new series number, they'd add a star. ie. internet explorer version 1.(02) (03 etc. still version 1, but minor differences

 

[Rubikahn]

if they made a change to the number 4 mk 1, but didn't feel it was big enough of a change to warrant a new series number, they'd add a star. ie. internet explorer version 1.(02) (03 etc. still version 1, but minor differences

Gotch ya!!!
Thank You, it's all clear now!

 

[SKScanuck]

The * after a No4Mk1 denotes Savage or Longbranch manufacture

 

[Oddbawl]

On LB and Savage No. 4's, they changed the bolt release, using a little cut out near the breech rather than the little plunger release near the rear sight on the English made rifles. That modification is denoted by the * on your receiver.

 

[Claven2]

The * after a No4Mk1 denotes Savage or Longbranch manufacture

Not quite, but close. It denoted a different style of bolt release and a slight change to the underside of the rear receiver bridge.

Savage and LB both made No.4Mk1 (no star) models for a while

 

[tiriaq]

And the * version was authorized for UK manufacture, but not put into production.

 

[nelly]

AND, LB also made No4MkI's with no * at the beginning...

Just to confuse everybody!



Neal

(At least it's not an SMLEMkI***IP, or something really bizarre!)

 

[woodchopper]

And the * version was authorized for UK manufacture, but not put into production.

mmmm... I think the brits did make a few Mk1* rifles

 

[tiriaq]

They may have made a few, but the I* was not standard production in the UK. They certainly made the dies to mark the rifles; I have a '44 Maltby clearly marked No. 4 Mk. I*, although the body is a Mk. I. Have seen another Maltby and have heard of others similarly marked in the same serial range. Perhaps the wrong die was issued from the tool room.

 

[smellie]

Those little stars are so important...... but sometimes something happens and the stars get put on but the mods don't get made. I have a pair of SMLE Mark I*** rifles, both Navy, that are quite different. One is a 1904 London Mark I that was upgraded 3 times, the other a 1907 Enfield that started as a Mark I* and was upgraded twice. The Enfield still has the early-type sight and sight bed. Both rifles are properly N marked.

Wondering if anyone else has encountered such an animal?