ShtLE MK V show it if you got it !! **pic heavy**

tatou

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Hi guys,

I just imported a Mk V from the USA and thought it would be nice to see the others that the members have.

I'll start with mine.

It's a 1922 in very nice shape. Unfortunately the bolt does not match and the safety is from a later No1 Mk III.
The forend and the nose cap do match.

If you have one i would appreciate a few closeup high resolution pictures of the safety lever, with the grooves and V.
I might have one reproduce and would need better pics than those floating around on the net.







 
They are nice rifles.

When I fired mine the range slide would move back and forth on the sight.

I paid $25.00 for mine, but that was when new unissued Jungle Carbines went for $25.00 and a good No. 1 Mk 3 went for $10.00.

But a shift in the plywood mill paid $17.00 and change and a Bombardier on call out was paid $219.00 per month.
 
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The Mk V has a magazine cutoff?

I thought that died (a well-deserved death IMHO) when the No 1 Mk III* came out?

Nice rifle anyway OP.

The No 4. Mk. 1 trial rifles also had a magazine cut-off as well. The No. 1 Mk. III* was meant to be substitute standard originally and post WWI production had magazine cut-offs placed back on the rifles again.
 
The MkIII was modified in 1915/16 (Pt 1 of the Loc of 1916) with the omission of the volley sights etc & at the same time a new model without a cutoff was introduced called the MkIII* (Pt 2) & as it was the same as a MkIII but just without the cutoff or slot, the mods made to the MkIII in Pt 1 also applied to the MkIII*.
During WW1 at least 2 factories Lithgow & LSA continued producing the MkIII with a cutoff up until & including early 1918.
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My 1923 MkV & 1930 No1 MkVI both with cutoffs.
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I had read somewhere that the Mk VI was so rare that it was only seen in museum.... they need to edit that and add... ''only seen in museum and 5THBATT gun safe'' lol
Superb rifles Sir.
 
Mine is a 1922 example. All matching numbers on body, bolt, barrel, nose cap and fore-end. The stacking swivel is missing and its sporting a short butt.

Of all the Lee Enfield family, I think the Mk.V is the most aesthetically pleasing.

 
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Try EFD in the UK for spares, they make sight parts, not sure about the safety, but wouldn't hurt to ask.

PS - beautiful rifles


Thanks
I already contacted EFd and they dont have safety spares.
I contacted Nick at Vulcan Gun Refenishing and he can reproduce the grooves and the V but he would need good pictures of the real thing.
And it's gonna be costly....
 
I have a 1924 production model, but it went through FTR and has a Mk III safety and replacement bolt? and missing the stacking swivel
R711 OUT
 
You have to remember these rifles were accounted by army stores as the Mk III SMLE, so a lot were lost to damage and sold off as the above rifle despite not being it.
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The No 4. Mk. 1 trial rifles also had a magazine cut-off as well. The No. 1 Mk. III* was meant to be substitute standard originally and post WWI production had magazine cut-offs placed back on the rifles again.

I recently picked up a 1940 Lithgow SMLE No.1 Mk.III with the mag cut-off and stacking swivel still in place.
 
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