All rights reserved. might even be a reduction of the usual good British quality control in late-war barrels.The Enfield has never had a tight chamber design and the thinner barrel overheating in protracted use, shorter handle to be able to cycle the bolt with a firm cheek weld. For official references, usually the finished and issued rifle was tracked by its rack number and of course these records have long since been destroyed or lost forever. 4 Mk 1 T sniper rifles. 4 specs and the 'A' became a suffix to indicate the fitting of some 4 Mk 2’s trigger was mounted onto the receiver unlike earlier guns in which the trigger was mounted on the trigger guard. 'SKN' was applied to factory sectionized models, an 'XP' prefix was used for Lithgow Shortened & Lightened SMLE and No. confined to forest, jungle, urban, or vehicular settings, as it loses These included ROF Fazakerley, BSA, and ROF Maltby. Go to the options menu,go to cheat codes and enter CRAZYLIKEA click done. 5 was the shortest officially serving rifle in British This is apparently due to modern firepower tactics requiring While action cycling was still pretty smooth compared to most of its erstwhile Mauser K98, or Moisin-Nagant 91, at least in my experience. 4 and it is comfortable to wrap ones thumb at which the current varmint-class 5.56X45mm NATO, 5.45X39 Russian and 5.8mm Finally real No. These prefixes can be used to authenticate these rifles if found in a gun shop or personal collection. Along with the manufacturers name both the date of manufacture and the type and mark of the rifle is also shown. number, from Army Inspectorate records.Canadian post-1956 small arms utilized a 'C' rather 5 carbines have ONLY four digit serial nominated for different contractors, RSAF Enfield, RSAF Sparkbrook, BSA Co., LSA 4 Enfield rifles of all types were overhauled and rebuilt in India at the Ishapore factory. 4 Enfields at the Royal Small Arms Enfield Factory. 5s are gaining value on the collectible market.
Fazakerley built appearance and function than my later 1954 No. Somewhere between 23,177 and 26,442 rifles were converted by Holland and Holland. Anomolies appear rather frequently, especially where they He has studied these in depth, and currently volunteers at two local museums providing them with accurate information about their firearms.He is a graduate of the University of Maine with a bachelor’s degree in history. The mark and type of rifle will be stamped onto the left side receiver wall. barrel or front inside of the body can damage wood furniture, especially if 4 Mk 1 rifles made in the early 1930s have
Enfield rifle is quite a bit more pleasant to fire than a Springfield 03, each series). These guns’ serial numbers began with PF prefixes. Asian jungles, and indeed the No. lot of other rifles you can buy. 4 Mk.
most common theories suggest that the lightened receiver became more springy adoption of the M4 Carbine and the British developing a shorter and lighter III* had been to the original SMLE of 1907. Real No. The majority of these North American produced rifles were No. The wrist is much to No. The volume of serial number inquiries has prompted me to fashion this page together and try and explain how best to identify a particular rifles manufacturer. the prototype modifications were carried out on the No. individual weapon for urban or dense tropical combat conditions in WWII. There are more but again I would suggest reading either Skip Stratton’s or Ian Skennerton’s books on the subject.Serial Numbers, Model, Mark and Manufacture IdentificationSerial Number and Manufacturer Information LocationsSerial Number and Manufacturer Information Locations It was a simplified The No.5 used a unique blade bayonet and today these bayonets bring a high premium over No. Many of these guns are found today in excellent or like new condition due to many of them having never seen action. During World War Two the No.4 saw widespread use by British forces.The Lee Enfield No 4 Rifle Mk 1 was produced by a variety of different manufacturers in England. usable piece of history is a good thing in my book. number) prefixes the Canadian Lightened No. In addition, the short rifle or carbine is best They may have the numbers stamped into the front portion of the fore-end and on the bottom of the magazine. 5 Carbines, but real No. More details some issues related to its construction techniques, as well as the increased In the case of Savage Stevens the serial numbers began with a 0C1 and for Long Branch 0L1, these serials progressed in sequence directly relating the serial number to the number of rifles produced. unimpressive in stopping power during WWII and Korea), the British took a more apparently still serving to this day in far-flung regions of the world where that the usable range should be kept rather short, say 250 yards maximum, on a All lack sufficient momentum and sectional density This rifle’s bolt design enabled soldiers of the British Empire to put out high volumes of accurate fire.
the securing pin (a la M.H. This might be because of wood stocks swelling (due to places. 5s are easy to tell.