Training aid????or toy

[infideleggwelder]

found this at my antique store that i frequent. not a real gun, definitely Enfield influenced. owner knows nothing about it. any help?



rear sight looking toward butt

mag is wood, and actually rotates. bolt operates, safety works as per enfield. no cocking piece. trigger moves but does not seem to do anything. muzzle end of barrel is made of pipe or sheet metal. barrel band is just a bent piece of strap, screwed onto upper hand guard without going all the way around.
this is full size, and weighs roughly the same as a No1.
any idea what this is worth or what it is?

 

[36hamon]

swift training rifle ...missing a few parts ...doesn't really shoot anything but a steel dart penetrates the small target in the small gallery ...cool find

 

[Recce21]

That my friend is one busted ass Swift Training Rifle. Modelled after the P14 rear sights and Enfield style wood mag.

 

[RobertMcC]

http://www.rifleman.org.uk/The_Swift_training_rifle.html

 

[camster]

MY buddy's father has something similar tucked away. His was spared from a high-school cleanout, and had been used for drill practice with the local cadets. (must be old, as there have been no local cadets here in 40+ years)

 

[buffdog]

Originally came in a plywood case, along with instructions, a target holder that attached to the front of the rifle, and a few spare parts. I came across one in Air Force Blue coloured case, but as it had been stored in a garage, the plywood case was starting to disintegrate, and the stock had warped so that it looked like a Banana.

 

[cantom]

Sadly it's missing parts that you'd have to strip another Swift rifle to find.

Maybe put 2 partsters together to make one?

 

[John Sukey]

Thanks for the information. Have the rifle and a friend sent me the case from Australia. Unfortunately someone had gutted the spacers to use it for something else. Now I know how it should be set up. Unfortunately I do not have the target frame