Slightly odd No4 Enfield

[Blastattack]

I recently purchased this rifle, and I’m a little confused by it. It’s marked as a No4 MKI* but it has a bolt release. Can anyone explain it? I don’t have any more pictures, and the rifle is not currently with me.

 

[tiriaq]

1944 Maltby? There were some incorrectly marked. Someone got the wrong die out of the toolroom?

 

[points]

1944 Maltby? There were some incorrectly marked. Someone got the wrong die out of the toolroom?

Yes. They were incorrectly marked. Might have been the bombs falling all around put someone off. Not a variant.

 

[milsurpo]

Perhaps Maltby, for some long forgotten reason defined their own Mk I* version- it wouldn't be the first time different British manufacturers had slightly different versions of the same "mark". Another No. 4 anomaly are some BSA's marked No. 4 Mk I"- I've seen a number of them. For the rifle in the OP this marking is neither a good nor a bad thing.

milsurpo

 

[Blastattack]

Yes. They were incorrectly marked. Might have been the bombs falling all around put someone off. Not a variant.

Perhaps Maltby, for some long forgotten reason defined their own Mk I* version- it wouldn't be the first time different British manufacturers had slightly different versions of the same "mark". Another No. 4 anomaly are some BSA's marked No. 4 Mk I"- I've seen a number of them. For the rifle in the OP this marking is neither a good nor a bad thing.

milsurpo

A bit of an odd curiosity then.

Here are a couple more pics. What would something like this go for these days, assuming the bore is workable and it has a magazine? I have spare magazines to make the rifle complete.





Sorry for the not great pics. It came as part of a group.

 

[woodchopper]

looks complete and fairly average condition

not FTR marked and likely matching numbers

prices have gone thru-the-roof the last few years

I can see you easily getting $1000