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BlackSpade	New Guy W/ Enfield Questions!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1 (11/30/09 01:35 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Hi, everyone. FNG here, from Florida. I'm glad I found a forum like this, as I have had a .303 British passed down to me about 8 years ago. As soon as I got it, it went into storage and has been there all this time, as I was overseas. Since I got back now, I've had time to clean it up. The pics above are of the exact condition as the weapon was given to me. It is a No.1 Mk.3 .303 GRI, dated 1950. I know nothing about these weapons, except that they have distinguished themselves on the battlefield for decades. Does anyone know where I can find out information on this rifle- namely the markings on the buttstock, and the lineage it might have had (as in, which units might have been issued this weapon). I have no idea what a reasonable expectation is, with regards to finding info on this rifle, but anything is much appreciated. I have thought about completely stripping the weapon down, and refinishing it, but before I did so, there are many markings which would permanently be gone, if I did so. So before I touch anything, I wanted to get schooled up by you guys. Thanks in advance, JB
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Posts: 1598 (11/30/09 04:18 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	JB, Your rifle was made by Rifle Factory Ishapore, commonly just called Ishapore, located in India. The GRI is the latin abbreviation for King George, Emperor. The rifle was made in 1950. Generally Ishapores are a bit, well, cosmetically challenged, but have a fine reputation function wise. The butt stock markings are usually a rack assignment, but not always. Brad PS Unless one is very lucky it's hard to determine where and with whom a rifle served. Last Edited By: bradtx 11/30/09 04:20 PM. Edited 1 times.
Dalkowski110		#2	[-]
Posts: 1380 (12/03/09 12:08 PM) Forum Co-host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Your rifle was, as mentioned, made at the Ishapore Arsenal in India. Like almost all other Ishapores, your rifle was made for the Indian Army. Incidentally, you do have a somewhat less common variant: the 1949-dated and 1950-dated rifles have been found with both "RFI" (Rifle Factory Ishapore) and "GRI" (Georgius Rex Imperiatus..."King George, Emperor" in Latin) buttstocks. Although they're about 50-50, percentage wise, for 1949, it's rather difficult to find a 1950 with the GRI marking. Unfortunately, because there's little collector interest in Ishapore rifles in general (save pre-WWI-dated and WWI-dated rifles, which usually bring a premium if in nice shape), I doubt it would add any monetary value to your rifle. Incidentally, do you have the magazine? Because they were serial numbered to match the rifles, I try and keep them in whenever I can.

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