What kind of Lee Enfield have I got?
- Thread starter matt4792
- Start date
You have a No4 MkI* with a cut down barrel, and with what appears to be a No4 forend made to look like a No5, mixed with a No4 handguard and buttstock.
Could you take the front stock band and sling swivel off and get a picture of what is underneath? The upper handguard looks strange.
Could you take the front stock band and sling swivel off and get a picture of what is underneath? The upper handguard looks strange.
Last edited:
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
Not a fan of sporters. However if this is a sporter it is done pretty well. Looks like something like what an experimental carbine might be like HeadDamage noted. I don't know either way but I'd keep it as is if it were in my safe.
Definitely a sporterized No.4 MK1* made by Long branch in 1943. Also looks like its sitting in a No.5 stock set with a standard butt, like mentioned.
Its definitely a sporter, although a neat one. looks like someone tried to do up a No.5 mk1 clone.
Its definitely a sporter, although a neat one. looks like someone tried to do up a No.5 mk1 clone.
So something that was thrown together from whatever spare parts were laying around the factory?
None of the pictures of sporterized rifles I find on the web have a metal cap on the end of the forearm. Can you tell anything else about it's history from the markings?
And apparently this things been sitting in a basement unused for the last twenty years. Any tips for giving it a good deep cleaning?
Any idea what this might be worth?
greyman441
CGN Regular
- Location
- Wasaga Beach, ON
It looks well done but not factory. Looks like someone through it together from random parts laying on the bench. Still interestesting old rifle. In the sporter range so $125-$150
greyman441
CGN Regular
- Location
- Wasaga Beach, ON
Anyone notice that the barrel looks like it was off a No1 enfield? Very interesting. Not sure what to make of it. Does the bolt serial number match the receiver? Where abouts are you located?
Bolt and receiver have matching numbers. I'm about 45 minutes north west of Toronto.
The battery's charging now. I'll get pictures up soon.
greyman441
CGN Regular
- Location
- Wasaga Beach, ON
What is that??? Im on the fence with it now. Not sure if extreme bubba or what? Have you pulled it apart yet?
looks like a no1 barrel with a sight protector.
looks like a no1 barrel with a sight protector.
Last edited:
I have just to do a basic clean. According to the guy I bought it off it literally sat untouched for twenty years, so it was covered in dust/whatever else. Any other pics you want let me know. Now I'm really getting interested that you guys can't seem to figure it out.
It certainly started out as a Log Branch No.4Mk1*. The buttstock is No.4 and I think the original No.4 forestock was cut back and the metal cap of its forend reused on the shortened forestock. The grooves on the handguard (top wood of the forestock) are consistent with some rear handguards (in that position) on No.4, usually Savage production but certainly some were supplied to LongBranch. I think it has been modified to fit the modified forestock to look like a No.5, as others have said.
The foresight isn't No.4, and if it's No.1 it has a protector that isn't from any Enfield I have seen. I think the original No.4 barrel has been shortened (no bayonet lugs or sight mount) and a non-standard foresight installed.
The foresight isn't No.4, and if it's No.1 it has a protector that isn't from any Enfield I have seen. I think the original No.4 barrel has been shortened (no bayonet lugs or sight mount) and a non-standard foresight installed.
