OT; Anybody familar with the Enfiled No.4 MK1?

Thanks guys.

Dave, I haven't put anything thru it with the new stock, but I have a trip schedued to the desert wth some buddies in the December and will see how it shoots then.

BTW I like what Brian did with his rifle, but fogot to ask him if the magazine is cut down (kind of looks like it) and if he did it himself also.

Regards,
Greg
 
Great work!
The magazine is the one that came with the rifle. I think it was called the SMLE (pronounced 'smelly') for Short Magazine Lee Enfield. Thanks for the compliment, but I like what you did better. Oh well, that was 1969. Not the stupidest thing i did that year, by a long shot.
These guys have all kinds of neat stuff:
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Bri in Chi said:
In 1968, on our honeymoon in Canada and Alaska, I got a little bear paranoid, and bought a semi-sportorized surplus Enfield at a rural gun-shop for about $15. When we got home, I contemplated the lousy job the former owner had done, and decided to try my hand at amateur gunsmithing. With the Herter's catalogue in hand, I smoothed up, polished, re-blued the metal, and re-stocked and "customized" the rifle on my kitchen table. I had no power tools, and I did it all with hand tools.

When it came time to mount a set of sights, I realized tis job was beyond my ability, and took the rifle to the only gunsmith I knew about in my recently adopted city of Chicago - the one in the sporting goods department at Marshall Fields Men's Store on State Street in the loop. A mounted grizzly bear about 12 feet tall greeted you when you emerged from the elevator. As I recall, the gunsmith's comment about my custom job was, "I've seen worse...".

BTW, I can't imagine taking the El to the loop and walking down State Street, and walking into a major department store with a rifle wrapped up in a towel today. A different world, eh?
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Ripper:

Joining the party late.

You've done a superb job with the restoration; that No4 is spectacular!

I'd like to add that you have no worry with the bolt handle "jump" or ease of the bolt lift.

If you reload, I'd suggest neck sizing only, or very SLIGHT full length resizing to reduce stretching of the cases and prolong case life. The British made the chambers a bit on the large size on these and traditional FL resizing will shorten case life.

Enjoy, you have certainly earned it!

Noah
 
Thanks Noah! I'll definitely follow that advice.

... and thanks for the link Brian.:)

Regards,
Greg
 
ive came accross a similar enfield. payed alittle less than 110 out the door, to much for it in my opinion but its us property marked:p the projects on hold right now because the "new" stock i baught from aim is waaaaayyyyyy to big, the barrel bands have about a inch space. ive got about 300 in to this gun right now including the spair parts and ammo that i got from a friend. aint ever gona make nothen off of it but it deserved to be rescued.

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heres a no1 mk3 i got for my girlfriend, lets just say its no .303 any more. i payed just over 100 for this gun because the "bore was shot smooth"

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Some VERY nice stuff there, Kabar. I'm a sucker for milled steel, too.
 
Nice collection there KaBar.

Is that No.1 one of those they converted into .410 shotguns?

Few more questions; Is that the wood AIM is selling for $39.95? What's the quality like? Beech or walnut?

Regards,
Greg
 
Is that No.1 one of those they converted into .410 shotguns?

Few more questions; Is that the wood AIM is selling for $39.95? What's the quality like? Beech or walnut?
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yeah its a .410, made in 41 and then converted to a shotgun in 48. if i remember correctly 48 was the year india split from britian so its probably one of the last converted enfields.

they issued single shot .410s to the indians for crowd control, less than leathal riot control they called it. it was also issued to prisions for population control.

forget the 40 buck stocks, my front stock set was beech and verry nice to look at, rear was origional ww2 era unissued walnut with cartuches. DO NOT GET ONE. major fitting was involved and when i got all the metal for the gun NONE of it fit. the stock is bigger than what came on the guns origionaly but sence the end of the front stock has a steel cap theres nothing you can do about it. your better off finding one of the 80 buck guns and. to boot the front stock is cracked. i shelved the whole project until i can find a nice donor gun to strip.
 
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