What make no4 mk1 is this?

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Take it apart first and check for mismatched wood. A mix of pieces will look horrible if re-stained and finished with Varathane (or equivalent). You might be repainting it a solid colour again.
 
The top forward handgaurd is savage marked on the metal, and the paint is too thick to really tell anywhere else. I think mismatched wood would have looked better than this, although from a distance it looks legit

Anywhere they marked the year of mfg on these guns?
 
As per the serial number it's been through BSA Shirley...but it's a hodge podge of stamps so I wouldn't be surprised if it was FTR'd by ROF Fazakerly.
 
I'll break out the stripper and see what appears. Receiver has a tinge of suncorite visible in the hidden spots. Looks like that serial was stamped in a real hurry. First enfield I've had with no year marks. Hopefully it's not sanded too bad
 
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louthepou said:
This No4 is begging, crying and screaming for paint stripper and linseed oil!
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BTW I love varnished milsurp rifles, because the varnish protected the wood (and sometimes metal) from further damage.

I acquired old rifles like this, and once stripped and cleaned they turned out excellent.
 
That looks like it would be a fun job. Be interesting to see what's lurking under that crummy paint. Please post pics of your progress, OP!
 
The bridge was a separate piece. During FTRs, they were often welded on both sides. I do not think that original manufacture used the obvious external welds.
 
thanks for the help everyone! ill post some pics of what i find underneath. i had a few hours to waste tomorrow so i won't be wasting them any longer. I will need a new buttplate since the trapdoor is missing and someone sanded it. also i see the trigger guard and bottom metal is painted black. i may just replace these if someone sanded them.
 
tiriaq said:
The bridge was a separate piece. During FTRs, they were often welded on both sides. I do not think that original manufacture used the obvious external welds.
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I've seen mid-war Maltby and Faz guns with obvious and somewhat mess welds on the bar, likely they were less fussed at the height of the war, but I've never seen one left that proud.

It may have been a repair at some point, like a field depot repair.
 
Tinman204 said:
I see ROF On the wrist. That makes it a "Royal Ordenance Factory".

That paint is terrible lol!!!
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There were two Royal Ordnance factories. Maltby and Fazakerley.
BSA was a private company and Royal Small Arms Enfield was another govt establishment.
 
That's a 2 series gun with an A suffix, so it's a ROF Fazakerley receiver and it had something about it that was out of spec, but was deemed usable upon further inspection.
 
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