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Smellysniper	Hi! from new member	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1 (01/13/10 06:21 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None You knowledgeable gentlemen have a lot to answer for! After many years of lurking on this and other forums I think that I am now an Enfield addict. I have 5. I thought that was a lot until I read of folk who have dozens! I have 1912 SMLE Mk. 111, 1916 SMLE Mk.111/ Aldis sniper, 1945 No.4(T) , 1941 No. 4 Mk. 1 and a 1947 No.5. Aided by all the forum advice , I have always bought good, matching guns. The SMLE/Aldis was the result of buying a scrap ,22 rifle from a mate who gave up shooting after the 1997 Handgun ban took all his pistols. It was a wreck but I am good at rebuilding wrecks and it was cheap. The scope on it was,under the paint, a 1916 Aldis Mk. 2 ! Getting info. to refurbish it it led me to an interest in sniping and I eventually contacted The Pattern Room and made exact copies of the Purdey offset mounts to pair a suitable rifle to the scope. I also bought a good 4(T) before the prices started to rocket. . The No. 4 Mk. 1 is a bit odd . It is marked 1 but is a Maltby 5 groove, has the bolt release catch and is clearly a Mk. 1 . Imagine my delight when I read in Skennertons book on Page 493 "A few Maltby and Canadian No.4 Mk. 1 rifles have also been noted,incorrectly marked as "Mk. 1*" This rifle has also a painted "1" on the butt which some say is in an Indian style ( not the Native American). I am fortunate to live close to Bisley and shoot all my guns as often as possible, practice and competition. I reload for .303" . 41.5 grns Reloder 15 and a 174 grn boat-tail Privvi Partisan bullet is my pet load. Most of my fellow shooters reload or use Privvi Partisan cartridges. I am a retired Engineer and do a lot of tinkering with guns. One thing I am envious of is the ability of American shooters to buy bubba`d guns from junk shops and rebuild them. Not easy to do that in the UK . I am constantly amazed at the wealth of Enfield knowledge on this Forum. I hope I can add a little from time to time.
ParallaxBill		#1	[-]
Posts: 16556 (01/13/10 06:25 AM) Owner/operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Welcome to the forum Smellysniper, glad you decided to join up. Parallax *Lee Enfield Collector's Society member #3* *Mauser Shooter's Association member #17* Forum administrator for the Carolina C&R Shooting & Collecting Club,
bradtx		#2	[-]
Posts: 1618 (01/13/10 09:10 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Smellysniper, Welcome. The interesting Long Branch rifles are those that incorporate both Mk.I and Mk.I* bolt head release systems. Brad
Ed Novak		#3	[-]
Posts: 2305 (01/14/10 01:40 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bradtx wrote: Smellysniper, Welcome. The interesting Long Branch rifles are those that incorporate both Mk.I and Mk.I* bolt head release systems. Brad Ahhh, Brad! You just keep coming up with stuff like this to drive me nuts! Not that I want one of these but I now need to know why it happened. I will guess that one of these must be worth a king's ransom? Transition rifle? I am sitting here trying to imagine what happened on the production line. My "Gary Larson" mind has some scenarios. ed NRA Endowment member LECS #2
790racer		#4	[-]
Posts: 18 (01/15/10 11:59 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bradtx wrote: The interesting Long Branch rifles are those that incorporate both Mk.I and Mk.I* bolt head release systems. Brad NO, say it isn't so. I think this one well be spendy.
bradtx		#5	[-]
Posts: 1620 (01/16/10 10:42 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ed and 790racer, It was over at milsurp's that I saw the pics, which I should've saved and I apologize for not doing so. I don't remember positively whether they were star marked or not. Brad

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