The Lee-Enfield by Skennerton
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Lee-Enfield Story By Skennerton
Yes AS Arms 22 caliber rifles are mentioned on pages 303 and 304.
I have one in my collection and it is as Skennerton described a mixture of parts from LB, Savage and British No4's.
I don't think Skennerton goes into the different magazine follower with ejector and altered bolt head.
One of my Long Branch 22's was built in 1943 or 1944 but it doesn't have the markings of the earliest version and doesn't say .22 could it be prior to the No7's?
Yes AS Arms 22 caliber rifles are mentioned on pages 303 and 304.
I have one in my collection and it is as Skennerton described a mixture of parts from LB, Savage and British No4's.
I don't think Skennerton goes into the different magazine follower with ejector and altered bolt head.
One of my Long Branch 22's was built in 1943 or 1944 but it doesn't have the markings of the earliest version and doesn't say .22 could it be prior to the No7's?
First axiom of collecting is: buy a gun...buy a book. $100.00 for a book is not bad at all. Take a look at the price of text books..that is scary. Anything under $100.00 in a reference book is good value and when you consider the effort gone that has gone into writing the book, finding a publisher and then the countless hours in editing etc. if the author makes 10 cents an hour he is lucky. Not speaking best sellers here, just the average GOOD arms reference book. Plus, we are a dying breed and the market is shrinking all the time. Few books make the best seller list and go into second printing, and those that have are few and far between. None of the authors I have assisted in writing books have made any money at it, but the self satisfaction and dissemination of information to others is worth it. To me, anyhow.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
Good book, I have the new one and the previous one (ver 2 ?)
worth the money if your going to do some serious collecting. Yes there are still some errors and omissions, but with enfields it's hard to be definitive as there are jsut too many odd little changes that occured or changes that did and didn't occur depending on factory and if the rifle got an FTR.
Add in places like Gibbs and Navy Arms, oh and don't forget GlobeCo doing their own things.
Never going to know the whole story, but I would say the book is +98% correct, and the errors are occuring because the information to support the claims is not there or substantiated
worth the money if your going to do some serious collecting. Yes there are still some errors and omissions, but with enfields it's hard to be definitive as there are jsut too many odd little changes that occured or changes that did and didn't occur depending on factory and if the rifle got an FTR.
Add in places like Gibbs and Navy Arms, oh and don't forget GlobeCo doing their own things.
Never going to know the whole story, but I would say the book is +98% correct, and the errors are occuring because the information to support the claims is not there or substantiated
- Location
- Tucson, Arizona
Hate to tell you this, but the latest is the THIRD edition, not the second.
1. the British Service Lee 1982
2. The Lee Enfield Story 1993
3. The Lee Enfield 2007
Have the comemorative edidion #6
and the standard one
Now I wouldn't mind his wife either.
He's a "dirty old man" robbing the cradle
Oh by the way, the reason the third edition took so long is he had it all on his laptop that was stolen at a gun show and he hadn't made any backup discs.
