Question about Lee Enfield .303

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paulm1

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My father has an old one that has been collecting dust for a while, I dug it out the other day, for the life of me I can't remember if it was a Mk I, II, or III. One thing that stuck out was on the top of the barrel the word "Surrey" is imprinted. Anyone know any history on this marking?
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That will take a few days, I'll snap a few next time I go over. I thought someone here might have recalled seeing that word stamped into the barrel.
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I have the same stamping. It's about midway down the barrel on the top. mine is a #4 as well.
Makes sense that it would be on commercially sporterized enfields. I am glad they didnt modify anything other than the wood. They make great restoration rifles.
 
My father in law has a No4 Mk1/2 that is marked Surrey on the barrel. It is the nicest looking sported No4 I have ever seen!
 
"Surrey" is a UK compamy that sporterized both No1 and No4 Enfieldsfor export to Canada/USA. The vast majority were cut back military stocks and the metal left unaltered. Most of these were enter level hunting rifles sold by chains like Eatons, Sears, CTC, Hudson Bay, etc. They make great restoration projects as they are still unalterted metal.
 
paulm1 said:
My father has an old one that has been collecting dust for a while, I dug it out the other day, for the life of me I can't remember if it was a Mk I, II, or III. One thing that stuck out was on the top of the barrel the word "Surrey" is imprinted. Anyone know any history on this marking?
Thanks
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Does it look like this one in the pictures?
I got this at a gun show a dozen years ago. They had three, all alike. The story was they once belonged to the Toronto police.
I have never been able to confirm this, or find out its history.
The barrel is only about 19 inches long.
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I believe that Parker-Hale did the work on the SURREY and SUSSEX models both.

Sort of commercially-Bubba'd, you mgiht say, but many are restorable to original configuration. One really good thing you can say about them is that NONE of them had ropey barrels; if there was any doubt about a barrel, it was replaced and the thing sold as a new gun.

Excellent hunting rifle, will take anything in North America and most of the rest of the world as well.

NEVER underestimate a Lee-Enfield!

And have fun!
 
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