ipscgraz
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Hi to all
There have been a number of threads here that forum members have posted about older rifles, looking for info on rifles they have had, or had given to them, or had found in an attic. If I may, I would like to take advantage of the Lee Enfield knowledge here.
This is a .22 conversion of a #1 Mk3 SMLE. I don't know if it is a # 7 or what Mark it was converted into. Receiver marked as 1918.
Bolt and receiver and barrel numbers match; nose cap serialized but not matching
LH side of the barrel has an assortment of stampings, not very legible in some cases. Clearly stamped "22 TRAINER" and ".610"", with BSA mark on top of barrel.
Flat/serrated cocking piece
"48 GG" stamped onto the wrist of the buttstock
Buttstock is also marked with "76 GE" further back.
Rear sight is very good; sharp and solid
Oddly enough the upper handguard is in two pieces with the piece behind the rear sight held in place with two spring clips. I don't know if the two holes are for the rivets attaching the spring clips to the upper handguard rear piece or...? A couple of repairs visible; the lower handguard has a couple also.
Any information you could toss out would be appreciated. I am only mildly curious about approximate value as I am keeping this one; I hope I can explain, without getting too drippy:
Just for personal information my brother and first wife bought this for me for Christmas a long time ago, for $35.00. Shortly after this I would up single again.
A couple of years later, I was at a an IPSC match, with a planned fun shoot/fundraiser after the match. Part way through the match two of the other shooter's wives showed up, with an absolutely stunning, voluptuous, gloriously beautiful young woman...right before I shot the final stage of the ipsc match. I asked "who the h*ll is THAT???" just seconds before my name was called as the next competitor. Halfway through "Load and make ready" somebody said "...and she's single too." This threw me off my stroke; needless to say I had two car hits and dumped the stage...but came in # 2. Damn.
At the later fun shoot one of the six or eight stages was "Win a bottle of Champagne. All you have to do is break the string" 25 yards downrange was a weight on a string. A number of people had tried to shoot it, and some guys tried big black powder stuff thinking that the big fat .58 caliber bullet would be the answer. A couple of guys tried with 45 auto with the same thoughts. No luck. I laid down in the dirt with this rifle and managed to cut the string on the first shot, thereby winning the "bottle" of champagne...turned out to be a Henkell Trokken Piccolo which is about 6 or 8 ounces. Damn again.
I took the little bottle of fake champange and walked off the range, right past the vision of loveliness that had cost me the ipsc match. Barely breaking my stride, I asked her if she liked champagne and offered her the bottle. Turns out she was watching me shoot and was impressed with the one shot.
We have been married now for 37 years and this rifle will go to one of our sons eventually. She still has the little bottle.
There have been a number of threads here that forum members have posted about older rifles, looking for info on rifles they have had, or had given to them, or had found in an attic. If I may, I would like to take advantage of the Lee Enfield knowledge here.
This is a .22 conversion of a #1 Mk3 SMLE. I don't know if it is a # 7 or what Mark it was converted into. Receiver marked as 1918.
Bolt and receiver and barrel numbers match; nose cap serialized but not matching
LH side of the barrel has an assortment of stampings, not very legible in some cases. Clearly stamped "22 TRAINER" and ".610"", with BSA mark on top of barrel.
Flat/serrated cocking piece
"48 GG" stamped onto the wrist of the buttstock
Buttstock is also marked with "76 GE" further back.
Rear sight is very good; sharp and solid
Oddly enough the upper handguard is in two pieces with the piece behind the rear sight held in place with two spring clips. I don't know if the two holes are for the rivets attaching the spring clips to the upper handguard rear piece or...? A couple of repairs visible; the lower handguard has a couple also.
Any information you could toss out would be appreciated. I am only mildly curious about approximate value as I am keeping this one; I hope I can explain, without getting too drippy:
Just for personal information my brother and first wife bought this for me for Christmas a long time ago, for $35.00. Shortly after this I would up single again.
A couple of years later, I was at a an IPSC match, with a planned fun shoot/fundraiser after the match. Part way through the match two of the other shooter's wives showed up, with an absolutely stunning, voluptuous, gloriously beautiful young woman...right before I shot the final stage of the ipsc match. I asked "who the h*ll is THAT???" just seconds before my name was called as the next competitor. Halfway through "Load and make ready" somebody said "...and she's single too." This threw me off my stroke; needless to say I had two car hits and dumped the stage...but came in # 2. Damn.
At the later fun shoot one of the six or eight stages was "Win a bottle of Champagne. All you have to do is break the string" 25 yards downrange was a weight on a string. A number of people had tried to shoot it, and some guys tried big black powder stuff thinking that the big fat .58 caliber bullet would be the answer. A couple of guys tried with 45 auto with the same thoughts. No luck. I laid down in the dirt with this rifle and managed to cut the string on the first shot, thereby winning the "bottle" of champagne...turned out to be a Henkell Trokken Piccolo which is about 6 or 8 ounces. Damn again.
I took the little bottle of fake champange and walked off the range, right past the vision of loveliness that had cost me the ipsc match. Barely breaking my stride, I asked her if she liked champagne and offered her the bottle. Turns out she was watching me shoot and was impressed with the one shot.
We have been married now for 37 years and this rifle will go to one of our sons eventually. She still has the little bottle.
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...likely a WW2 trainer the furniture looks to be Australian Coachwood. The top wood is two pieces from the factory and what you state as a repair is also a factory carpentry trick to stabilize that piece from splitting along the grain.
