This Lee Enfield No1 MkIII

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Hi I was wondering if anyone could give me some information regarding this Enfield. I'm guessing it's a Canadian arsenal referb. The disk is brass and is blank. there are mostly Broad Arrows with a few C Broad Arrows and a few 'D's. Bore has 5 grooves. Also what would the price tag on this be?

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The wood seems to be in good shape, and the nose cap is number-matching (looks legit) - nice find. How did you end up with this rifle?

Nice pics by the way, thanks for posting,

Lou
 
louthepou said:
The wood seems to be in good shape, and the nose cap is number-matching (looks legit) - nice find. How did you end up with this rifle?

Nice pics by the way, thanks for posting,

Lou
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I picked it up at the Woodstock gunshow back in the spring.

So what about these Aussie parts? did Canada rearsenals use Aussie parts?
 
Bart212 said:
I picked it up at the Woodstock gunshow back in the spring.

So what about these Aussie parts? did Canada rearsenals use Aussie parts?
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From "Enfield Bob" at the Woodstock show?

Nice rifle, albeit a bit of a mix master with a few Aussie marked parts. I've never seen a Canadian No.1 MkIII* with Aussie parts on it, but I know my wife has one in her collection which I'll check and see if there's any Aussie parts on it.

You might want to check with Ian Skennerton and see what he thinks, although I'm sure the guys here will know as much about these as anyone.

Regards,
Doug
 
It obviously saw Canadian service, no doubt a Canadian rebarrel.
I'm going to be devil's advocate, and suggest that it is a refurbished sporter.
Filed over, renumbered bolt and nosecap. Mixed parts. The bolthead and cocking piece are Australian, maybe the whole bolt is. The Australian parts are WW2 manufacture, chance of late Aussie parts being on a Canadian rebuild are slim, given when Canadians used SMLEs in WW2. Nosecap looks to have the little Aussie 6 pointed stars on it. The bottom of the nosecap has been filed over and touched up.
Look at all the transition areas from wood to metal. No buildup of grease, absolutely clean. Look at the wood along the nosecap. Crisp, sharp, no grease. A rifle in service 70 years ago would have seen storage grease at some time.
 
tiriaq said:
Look at all the transition areas from wood to metal. No buildup of grease, absolutely clean. Look at the wood along the nosecap. Crisp, sharp, no grease. A rifle in service 70 years ago would have seen storage grease at some time.
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Hey, some of us actually clean the grease off our rifles!:p
 
That rifle has lots of grease on it. Most of us, clean the whole rifle once we start.

I agree, it's a put together but a very nice one and done by someone that put a lot of TLC into the project. That barrel is interesting and not something often seen.

Looks like they should have used better fitting vice jaws though.
 
Australian parts

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What parts would those be?
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The D is an Australian Defence Department marking. MA is Lithgow Small Arms Factory, and BA is Bathurst Rifle Factory No. 2, in New South Wales.

The wood also might be Australian, it has a D stamp on it. If you take it off, look for some copper strips inside on the draws....(in the receiver area).

Looks like some of the serial numbers were stamped after too.
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