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Pedro
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Posted: March 27 2016 at 9:16am |
Here's a bit of a project!!! It's a Lee Enfield on sale, in the UK on Ebay (unusual in itself as firearms are verboten to be sold in this manner here). Apparently recovered from the Somme. being sold as a wall hanger. Anyone interested, the item number is: 141939804222
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ikesdad
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Could that actually be considered a firearm ?
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Pro Deo et Patria
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hoadie
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Hey! I've heard about that variant before...apparently, its good for shooting around corners!
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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Canuck
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War relic for sure.
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Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually
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A square 10
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im only just barely sure its an enfield :>}
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paddyofurniture
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I would like to hang that up in my house but postage would kill the deal even if the customs
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Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.
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Pedro
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It is fascinating. Wonder if it was loaded. Maybe a peek into the magazine through the rusty hole would reveal the remains of any rounds that might have been there. What caused the bent barrel? Probably farm machinery sometime in the last 100 years. Would you say it was cocked? The cocking piece looks as though it might have been, but hard to tell.
One thing for sure, if it could speak, it'd have a tale to tell.
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AJ Dragon
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Soak it in molasses and water for 3 weeks and then it would make a good wall decoration.
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Zed
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It could well have a round in the chamber; it appears cocked to me.
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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice!
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A square 10
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boy , that is a dilemma , if its loaded and cocked you might not want to soak it - might not stay cocked
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AJ Dragon
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Never mind the soaking I just took a look at the pictures on the eBay ad and it would disappear if you tried soaking it, and the bolt arm is in the up position not the lock position.
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so be it - another one bites the dust
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