The wooden cheek-piece was attached with two screws. Possible, sure. 4 Mk 2 rifles: Note 1: Second World War UK production rifles had manufacturer codes for security reasons. The floating barrel increased the accuracy of the rifle by allowing it to vibrate freely and consistently, whereas wooden forends in contact with barrels, if not properly fitted, affected the harmonic vibrations of the barrel. The LeeEnfield family of rifles is the second oldest bolt-action rifle design still in official service, after the MosinNagant. Thanks for all you answers. What does Smle stand for? Most of the Canadian made No.4 Mk.I* (T) sniper equipments went into British service. L59A1 Drill Rifles were rendered incapable of being fired, and of being restored to a fireable form, by extensive modifications that included the welding of the barrel to the receiver, modifications to the receiver that removed the supporting structures for the bolt's locking lugs and blocking the installation of an unaltered bolt, the removal of the striker's tip, the blocking of the striker's hole in the bolt head and the removal of most of the bolt body's locking lugs. The 7mm Mauser rounds fired from the Mauser Model 1895 rifle had a higher velocity, flatter trajectory and longer range, making them superior on the open country of the South African plains. The LeeEnfield takes its name from the designer of the rifle's bolt systemJames Paris Leeand the factory in which it was designedthe Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield. Externally the new rifle is very similar to the classic Mk III*, with the exception of the buttplate (the buttplate from the 1A SLR is fitted) and magazine, which is more 'square' than the SMLE magazine, and usually carries twelve rounds instead of ten,[88] although a number of 2A1s have been noted with 10-round magazines. I've just purchased a 1942 stamped Lee Enfield rifle which has a number 93L8939. The bolt head is released by a spring catch on the No4 Mk1 and Mk2, but by a cut-out on the bolt track on No4 Mk1* made by Savage and Long Branch. 4 series rifles that were converted to 7.6251mm NATO were re-designated as the L8 series of rifles with the rifles being refitted with 7.6251mm NATO barrels, new bolt faces and extractor claws, new rear sights and new 10-round 7.6251mm NATO magazines that were produced by RSAF Enfield to replace the old 10-round .303 British magazines. About 3,000 rifles, mostly Stevens-Savage, appear to have been partially converted by Holland & Holland but never received brackets, scopes of the final 'T' mark. Bangladesh: extensively used during 1971 war. The No. No. Grizzley1 Registered Joined Aug 31, 2014 Advertisements. Some rifles (such as LongBranch) had very finely marked serial numbers done with an engraving pen on the receiver wall. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force). LeeEnfield No. GWF is free to use so please support the Forum. $ 1,099.00 For sale is a Canadian Lee-Enfield No.4 MK1* Long Branch bolt action rifle in .303 British. 6 Mk I never entered full production and examples are rare and valuable to collectors. [70] Commercial gunsmiths in Australia and Britain converted both MkIII and No4 rifles to .410 shotguns. If no one knows, then is there a place where I could go to figure out the manufacture date? VIEWS British "Enfield" rifles are some of the most iconic small arms in the world. Can any one help with identifying this rifle? (The Pattern 1914 became the Rifle No. 1 Mk III pattern rifle. The Pattern 1907 bayonet consisted of a one-piece steel blade and tang, with a crossguard and pommel made from wrought iron or mild steel, and a wooden grip usually of walnut secured to the tang by two screws. ), of Toronto, Ontario, produced a run of several thousand survival rifles based on the No. The Rifle Factory Ishapore at Ishapore in India produced the MkIII* in .303 British and then upgraded the manufactured strength by heat treatment of the receiver and bolt to fire 7.6251mm NATO ammunition, the model 2A, which retained the 2000 yard rear sight as the metric conversion of distance was very close to the flatter trajectory of the new ammunition nature, then changed the rear sight to 800 m with a re-designation to model 2A1. 95L9081 1950, CMk3 sight, non-FTR, Steel Buttplate, Un-Grooved, un-serialed stock, Magazine serialed to rifle. It is one of 2500 out of 25,000 made by BSA. I rifles made at Enfield. Serial number is of 1950s and date stamped 1942? Recently acquired a Lee Enfield Mark4 1/2.303 ser # 52Y20xxx in good condition, & a early Lee Enfield SMLE.303, ser# 21xxx, Does Anyone Know the. The WWII British No.4 MK I* evolved from a long line of Lee-Enfield rifles that were first adopted by the British Army in . 4 Mk. They were supplied to the UK under the Lend-Lease programme during the Second World War. 32 3.5 telescopic sight. 4 Mk I* rifles that were brought up to Mk 2 standard were re-designated No. From the late 1940s, legislation in New South Wales, Australia, heavily restricted .303 British calibre (and other 'military calibre') rifles,[72] so large numbers of SMLEs were converted to 'wildcat' calibres such as .303/25, .303/22, .303/270 and the popular 7.754mm round. Lee-Enfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 4 Mk. 4 Mk I* in 1942, with the bolt release catch replaced by a simpler notch on the bolt track of the rifle's receiver. Paperback, 48 pp, 50 plus b & w drawings and photos, 210 274 mm, Firearms Act, SCHEDULE 2, Part (8)(b), accessed 11 January 2010, Modern Warfare, Published by Mark Dartford, Marshall Cavendish (London) 1985. There were more than 317,000 Mk I MLE rifles produced and nearly 600,000 Mk I* MLE rifles. Forum for discussion by serious collectors of Lee Enfield arms, accessories, ammunition, and accoutrements The charger bridge was no longer rounded for easier machining.The iron sight line was redesigned and featured a rear receiver aperture battle sight calibrated for 300 yd (274 m) with an additional ladder aperture sight that could be flipped up and was calibrated for 2001,300 yd (1831,189 m) in 100 yd (91 m) increments. Design. The insurance guy I use has no clue on guns, I have asked before. A specific chapter in the new 'Lee-Enfield Rifles' update of the 1992 'Lee-Enfield Story' is devoted to Serial Numbers. Both were located at Long Branch, Ontario. The No. [61] They were generally single-shot affairs, originally using Morris tubes chambered for cheap .22L cartridge and some larger types, circa 1907. The carbine subsequently was down graded to. Conversion of rifles to smoothbored guns was carried out in several locations, at various times, for varying reasons. It was published in 2007, available now from Aust., N.Z., US and UK distributors. 5 Mk I was popular with soldiers owing to its light weight, portability and shorter length than a standard LeeEnfield rifle. A MK1 MLE in 7-9/10 condition which is average for what I`ve been seeing over the last couple of yrs are in the range of $1500- $2500. The current world record for aimed bolt-action fire was set in 1914 by a musketry instructor in the British ArmySergeant Instructor Snoxallwho placed 38 rounds into a 12-inch-wide (300 mm) target at 300 yards (270 m) in one minute. General Great War Discussion. 4 rifle was heavier than the No. The demand of new ENFIELD SMLE MARK 3 rifle's has risen 2 units over the past 12 months. Very early production low serial number. the bolt was replaced. While British and Australian conversions were to the standard commercially available .410 shotgun cartridge (though of varying chamber lengths) the Indian conversions have been the source of considerable confusion. Insurance value would best be conducted by an insurance company that deals specifically with firearm relics such as a 124 year old Lee-Enfield rifle. 4 action, but lightened and shortened, chambered in .303 British. 4 rifle with the trigger hung forward from the butt collar and not from the trigger guard, beech wood stocks (with the original reinforcing strap and centre piece of wood in the rear of the forestock on the No.4 Mk I/Mk I* being removed in favour of a tie screw and nut) and brass buttplates (during World War II, the British replaced the brass buttplates on the No.4 rifles with zinc alloy (Zamak) ones to reduce costs and to speed up rifle production). Note the block-style S of the J. Stevens Company. The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited, Small Arms Limited and later, Canadian Arsenals Limited, Spelling errors in the markings; as noted the most common of which is a reversed 'N' in 'Enfield'), V.R. [22], A shorter and lighter version of the original MLEthe famous Rifle, Short, Magazine, LeeEnfield, or SMLE (sometimes spoken as 'Smelly', rather than S, M, L, E)[14]was introduced on 1 January 1904. 4 and No. 5 was shorter and 2 lb (0.9 kg) lighter. 4 marks, in the hope of increasing sales of a rifle that had little U.S. market penetration. 2 Fazakeley Rifle. [35], In 1926, the British Army changed their nomenclature; the SMLE became known as the Rifle No. 4 Mk 2 (Arabic numerals replaced Roman numerals for official designations in 1944) rifle, a refined and improved No. [10] Both underwent a minor upgrade series in 1899 (the omission of the cleaning / clearing rod), becoming the Mk I*. RSAF Enfield used 4 digits (other manufacturers used 5 digits) and a letter suffix, repeating every year. In 1914, Enfield produced complete .22 barrels and bolts specifically for converting .303 units, and these soon became the most common conversion. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. Your rifle had the left sidewall ground down, quite roughly in spots. [17] Some straight-pull bolt-action rifles were thought faster, but lacked the simplicity, reliability, and generous magazine capacity of the LeeEnfield. The L59A1 arose from British government concerns over the vulnerability of Army Cadet Force and school Combined Cadet Forces' (CCF) stocks of small arms to theft by terrorists, in particular the Irish Republican Army following raids on CCF armouries in the 1950s and 1960s. Manufactured until at least the 1980s and continues to produce a sporting rifle based on the MkIII* action. For the No. [18][19], The LeeEnfield was adapted to fire the .303 British service cartridge, a rimmed, high-powered rifle round. I do remember reading something by Peter Laidler, so forgive me if I dont recall it correctly. [105], Khyber Pass Copies patterned after the LeeEnfield are still manufactured in the Khyber Pass region, as bolt-action rifles remain effective weapons in desert and mountain environments where long-range accuracy is more important than rate of fire. Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. This puts collectors into a spin trying to figure it out and fake is called!. An Afghan mujahid carries a LeeEnfield in August 1985, Canadian Rangers, photographed in Nunavut, June 2011. 4 Mk. CIA officer Gust Avrakotos later arranged for the Egyptian Ministry of Defence to set up production lines of Enfield .303 ammunition specifically for the conflict. Are you interested in CNo7 serial numbers as well? Some were later modified with special adaptors to enable magazine loading. [16] To further facilitate rapid aimed fire the rifle can be cycled by most riflemen without loss of sight picture. 4 variants, Katanga: bought for police force but also used by army. Back to Blog Lee Enfield Serial Number Database Joseph Strickland 1 Mk. 5 Mk I (the 'Jungle Carbine'). I suggest if you bolt has not been proofed with the rifle; get it checked for fit and a new proof. 4s and a No. Canadian sniperSergeant Harold Marshall carries a No. Each No. They did, however, continue to be used at Bisley up into the 1970s with some success, and continue to perform extremely well at Military Service Rifle Competitions throughout the world. Very Good/Excellent condition. In the 1920s, a series of experiments resulting in design changes were carried out to help with these problems, reducing the number of complex parts and refining manufacturing processes. Serial numbering of the .303in Lee-Enfield Rifle No.4 Serial numbering of the .303in Lee-Enfield Rifle No.4 This material was extracted from official papers. Jordan: Arab Legion used Mk III and No. All he really wants to know when it was built. Remember, geographical location affects values, as well. [29], The inability of the principal manufacturers (RSAF Enfield, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited and London Small Arms Co. Ltd) to meet military production demands, led to the development of the 'peddled scheme', which contracted out the production of whole rifles and rifle components to several shell companies. I have a No4 MkI cruciform bayonet made by Singer Sewing Machine. 4 Mk 1* rifle I have are the following on the left side of the metal band holding the. 83L3414 1945, No4Mk1*,CDN MkIII sight, non-FTR, Steel Buttplate, Grooved, un-serialed stock, Lower 1945 serial number than currently listed in your survey. I/L bayonet, which has a rotating handle and a large ring on the cross-guard was not for the No. The left side of the receiver is marked "No.4 Mk2 / UF 55 A17380". [77] Similar developments were the South African Rieder and Charlton of Australian/New Zealand origin. So it is possible to have a Long Branch serial applied to a Maltby, or a Maltby serial applied to a Faz. 5 Mk. Talens, Martien. I cant seem to find his posting right now, but it might help explain things. MAGAZINE LEE RIFLES & CARBINES Lee-Metford Lee-Enfield Note: Charger loaders and conversions are family. Best to get an appraisal though, and like all things, firearms values fluctuate, more so here in Canada lately. Australia and India retained and manufactured the SMLE Mk III* as their standard-issue rifle during the conflict, and the rifle remained in Australian military service through the Korean War, until it was replaced by the L1A1 SLR in the late 1950s. All we can go by is the serial number. The stock and fore end was marked with broad white painted bands and the letters 'DP' for easy identification. Discussion in 'Non-XD Handguns' started by BobTheMasher, Mar 21, 2009. Other distinctive features include a nose cap screw was slotted for the width of a coin for easy removal, a safety lever on the left side of the receiver was slightly modified with a unique angular groove pattern, and the two-piece hand guard being extended from the nose cap to the receiver, omitting the barrel mounted leaf sight. These were known as .22 Pattern 1914 Short Rifles[59] during The First World War and Rifle, No. 10. 5) have serial numbers stamped on the rear face of the bolt handle with no indication of any numbers having been stamped or struck out on the bottom of their bolt handles. Thanks form being patient with me, the enfield rookie I am! The wood shows scuffs and bruises from handling - may clean up even nicer, metal is 90+ condition original finish. 1 Mark III and No. Indian police officers carrying SMLE Mk III* and Ishapore 2A1 rifles were a familiar sight throughout railway stations in India after Mumbai train bombings of 2006 and the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. Small numbers of LeeEnfield rifles were built as, or converted to, experimental automatic loading systems, such as the British Howell and South African Rieder and the best-known of which was the Charlton Automatic Rifle, designed by a New Zealander, Philip Charlton in 1941 to act as a substitute for the Bren and Lewis gun light machine guns which were in chronically short supply at the time. (Thats why I prefer people to list their location). The Canadian scopes made by Research Enterprises Limited and were prefixed with a letter C and went through C no. This is one reason the bolt closure feels smooth. The initial BSA batch of L1A1 rifles for the quarter ending December 31 in 1957 was UB57 A1 - A870. bear - am i not seeing 1949 ? Italy: post-World War II Italian Army and Navy. Dated 1953 believed is 'Irish Contract Rifle' lot, but serial number was supplied to British Army. Create your own unique website with customizable templates. 1 Mk V is the rear aperture sight. Most of these were 1931 and 1933 dated No. 4 Mk 2. [68] Production of this model was 19441946 and a few in 1950 to 1953.[69]. [55], Numbers of LeeEnfield rifles were converted to .22 calibre training rifles,[56] in order to teach cadets and new recruits the various aspects of shooting, firearms safety, and marksmanship at a markedly reduced cost per round. Any idea? Third quarter numbers commenced with A85831. This updated and expanded edition also has a ready model identification chapter and colour plates. THE SAVAGE MADE NO4MKI* ENFIELD. 1* is functionally the same as the Mk.1, but various changes were made in the design to make the manufacturing process faster. We cannot say for certain it is a year, nor can we say for certain much of anything else about that number. Serial number- 95L5837. It is one of 75,000. This example was built by Canadian Arsenals and was one of only 50,000 built at this period of time at the Long Branch facility. 5 was first issued to the British 1st Airborne Division and used during their liberation of Denmark and Norway in 1945. The year is fake. Serial numbers below 6000 were for civilian sale, serial numbers 6000 and higher were built under contract to the Canadian government. BSA-Shirley, Birmingham produced 81,329 rifles and ROF Fazakerley, Liverpool 169,807 rifles. United States: Used by units of the American Expeditionary Force attached to British and Australian units during the First World War. 9, all .22 rimfire trainers and/or target rifles based on the Lee action, were adopted or in use with Cadet units and target shooters throughout the Commonwealth, the No.8 as of 2017 has been replaced among cadet forces due to obsolescence. The No. 303 Mk. [26], The iconic LeeEnfield rifle, the SMLE Mk III, was introduced on 26 January 1907, along with a Pattern 1907 bayonet and featured a simplified rear sight arrangement and a fixed, rather than a bolt-head-mounted sliding, charger guide. Kingston, NY 12401 Phone: 866.686.7424 Fax: 877.486.7278 I have a lee Enfield no1 mark3. Serial number- 37978. Returned to Britain in 1952 in exchange for P-17 rifles. Like the No. The rear 'battle sight' was ground off to make room to attach the No. [14], Many people still hunt with as-issued LeeEnfield rifles, with commercial .303 British ammunition proving especially effective on medium-sized game. 4 Mk I* and No. [64], After the Second World War, the Rifle, No. Along with this will be the model designation, and below this, the serial number. The Lee-Enfield No. When Japan entered the war in 1941, New Zealand found itself lacking the light machine guns that would be required for local defence should Japan choose to invade, and so the New Zealand Government funded the development of self-loading conversions for the LeeEnfield rifle. During the 1960s, the British Government and the Ministry of Defence converted a number of LeeEnfield No. [32] The Lithgow Small Arms Factory finally ceased production of the SMLE Mk III* in 1953.[27]. 3. Poland: used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West, Portugal: used by the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, during the First World War. 2s Modified to Mk. In the early 1930s, a batch of 2,500 No. M madcratebuilder Registered www.skennerton.com/NewBooks.htm I am afraid I must disagree with Shane's opinion on Lee Enfield rate of fire. 1s, 4 No. #9. The serial number and the year of manufacture were marked on the receiver ring of the weapon. Identifying Serial Numbers Hi guys, A friend just inherited his father's Lee Enfield and doesn't know anything about it. [29] Rifles with some or all of these features present are found, as the changes were implemented at different times in different factories and as stocks of existing parts were used. 4 Mk. The rear of the bolt handle, bottom of the magazine . A total of 24992 .303 rifles were in Norwegian inventory at the time. The Original Yesterdays Weapons Lee Enfield - Serial Numbers Moderators: millwright39, PaulM, Amatikulu Share 15 posts 1 2 Next Amatikulu 223 veteran member Aug 17, 2008 #1 The link below is to a web site I created some time ago. Serial numbers are found on the inside right, front of the body while.303 conversion numbers used the left side. 32 Mk. The Rieder device could be installed straight away without the use of tools. I rifle as many collectors believe. Your rifle,even with your 252 serial number does not mean it is pretty rare. 2, of varying marks. [14] LeeEnfield rifles are still popular in the region, despite the presence and ready availability of more modern weapons such as the SKS-45, the AKM, the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle, and the AK-74. The bolt has a relatively short bolt throw and features rear-mounted lugs and the bolt operating handle places the bolt knob just rearwards of the trigger at a favourable ergonomic position close to the operator's hand. If it has the cutout toward the barrel knox,after 1942. good point on the longbranch but the maltby not so much , interesting thought line englishman - i know peter has been a wealth of knowledge and much life experience. [102] Enfields continue to be used as drill weapons by the National Ceremonial Guard of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). It is one of 75,000. These conversions were for issue to police and prison guards, to provide a firearm with a much-reduced power and range in comparison to the .303 cartridge. Thanks for the tips! 5 Mk I, designated Rifle, No. During World War I alone, more than 2,000,000 SMLEs were made at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock, Middlesex (Reynolds 1960: 180). The rest of the story is that this carbine was accepted into New Zealand service in 1899 and was assigned inventory number 1909. Republic of China (19121949): used during Warlord Era. In British service, the No. With an S prefix, this was about the 196,800th rifle produced by RSAF Enfield in 1916. Work on a long-range replacement cartridge began in 1910 and resulted in the .276 Enfield in 1912. 4 action was similar to the Mk VI, but stronger and most importantly, easier to mass-produce. The Howell Automatic Rifle was the first attempt to convert the LeeEnfield SMLE into a semi-automatic rifle. Roughly 1,400 of these were converted to No. The SMLE Mk V (later Rifle No. [23] The barrel was now halfway in length between the original long rifle and the carbine, at 25.2 inches (640 mm). Military equipment, such as the Lee-Enfield rifle, are often found with letters, numbers, codes, runes and symbols stamped, etched, scratched, embossed, pressed or branded into the wood or metal. Often he would be given a batch of rifles to refurb. that serial is definetly a longbranch range , and not an early one , longbranch did make rifles from 48-56 , my records show 1944 production was 58L to 84L , 42 was 1L to 20L so that is out , i show 1950 production in the 91L to 95L range that looks to be correct . The No. . As a standard-issue infantry rifle, it is still found in service in the armed forces of some Commonwealth nations,[13] notably with the Bangladesh Police, which makes it the second longest-serving military bolt-action rifle still in official service, after the MosinNagant. Hey guys I bought this 1917 B.S.A CO Lee Enfield Smle a couple of days ago I'm just curious on the nose cap serial number the letter is a J but the numbers match the other parts that are matching have a D. Here are some pictures. Israel: used during the first few years of independence. At some point just after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, the Rifle Factory Ishapore in India began producing a new type of rifle known as the Rifle 7.62 mm 2A, which was based on the SMLE Mk III*[87] and was slightly redesigned to use the 7.6251mm NATO round. 1 Mk. [46] A 'Shortened and Lightened' version of the SMLE Mk III* rifle was also tested by the Australian military and a very small number were manufactured at SAF Lithgow during the course of the Second World War. 4 rifles and brought them up to the same standard as the No. The same six serials were used on the six rifles, but not necessarily applied to the exact same ones. III* LeeEnfields were used by the. The Serial Number is located on the right side of the receiver ring. Where are the serial numbers on a Lee Enfield? 32 and its bracket (mount) were matched and serial numbered to a specific rifle.[54]. Also non macthing bolt is a concern. 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