OT: Enfield Experts, I need help!

Brew_Ha_Ha · 04-15-2003, 09:13 PM

What does this design signify? I have not seen it on any other Enfield. It appears on my ROFM No.4 Mk1 circa 1941.

Brew_Ha_Ha · 04-15-2003, 09:16 PM

Brew_Ha_Ha · 04-15-2003, 09:19 PM

This design appears on the upper handguard along the barrel, all info is appreciated-my local "gun expert/historian/person with a book" has no clue. Thanks!

Navy · 04-15-2003, 09:34 PM

Hi Brew,
Welcome to the forum.
My first military surplus weapon was a .303 Enfiled No. 4 Mk.1 sniper version for which I paid $17.95 at the Dixie Jobbing House, on Poplar Street, in Macon Georgia in 1959.
Subsequent to that, I have seen several Enfields marked as indicated. After taking a few apart, I decided that these were cuts that were made at stress points and were done to determine the relative soundness of the wood.
Ian Skinnerton is the unquestioned authority on SMLE rifles; reccomend you do a "Google" on him and check it out.
Tom A.
PS. is almost nothing in the world that kicks worse than a .303 on a Martini carbine. It is brutal.

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04-15-2003, 09:19 PM	#3
Brew_Ha_Ha User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NC Posts: 66 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This design appears on the upper handguard along the barrel, all info is appreciated-my local "gun expert/historian/person with a book" has no clue. Thanks! __________________ Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

04-15-2003, 09:34 PM	#4
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Hi Brew, Welcome to the forum. My first military surplus weapon was a .303 Enfiled No. 4 Mk.1 sniper version for which I paid $17.95 at the Dixie Jobbing House, on Poplar Street, in Macon Georgia in 1959. Subsequent to that, I have seen several Enfields marked as indicated. After taking a few apart, I decided that these were cuts that were made at stress points and were done to determine the relative soundness of the wood. Ian Skinnerton is the unquestioned authority on SMLE rifles; reccomend you do a "Google" on him and check it out. Tom A. PS. is almost nothing in the world that kicks worse than a .303 on a Martini carbine. It is brutal.