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    Posted: July 06 2012 at 2:07pm

he!!o all, I got my Enfield a few days back and decided to jump on here and introduce myself :) I found a really awesome condition 1915 BSA No. 1 MKIII with no pitting, rust or any sign of it what so ever. It was FTR'd in 1953 so I suspect that is a bit part of it.. But one thing I did notice was the markings. There is ALOT of crap stamped all over the receiver so I figured others might be interested in taking a look.

The biggest thing that interests me is the bolt and receiver match, but the barrel does not.. However, the barrels number isnt all that far off from the receiver and the bolts :) 

Anyways! Here is the rifle as a whole:

And here are the fun markings:






So there it is :D
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nice looking rifle , congrats and welcome
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Welcome to the forum, nice looking rifle !!
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Welcome to the addiction, nice start you have there.Clap
 
There is literally no one who knows all the obscures marks on an Enfield. There are makers marks, govenment marks, proof marks, & even individual inspectors marks, & so on.
HOwever this link, & some of the others in the "links" section lower down the main menu should get you off to a good start in your quest.
 

http://home.earthlink.net/~smithkaia8/

There used to be a very good site using actual graphics of the stamps, but it seems to haver become defunct so this is probably your best bet currently.
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Had to take a second look thats a nice No1 MkIII for sure
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That is a nice looking rifle but I have a request. Could you take a picture of the knox form of the barrel? I see a commercial BSA mark on there, but that other mark has me scratching my head. Never seen one like that before. As to the barrel number, looks like it someone mistook the 3 in the serial for a 5 when they stamped the number on the barrel. I had to look close at the receiver to realize it was actually a 3 as the third digit. All in all, it is a sharp looking rifle.
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id like to see the right wrist marking , i too returned to gaze as it is a nice find , that is where we will see where she was made - its where the date is and the model ID  
 
if its a BSA , 1915 was transitional from mkIII to MKIII* , mine an early one , is also a mkIII , later ones will have been mkIII* , others swithched ove on different schedule but all by 1916
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Originally posted by Bear43 Bear43 wrote:

That is a nice looking rifle but I have a request. Could you take a picture of the knox form of the barrel? I see a commercial BSA mark on there, but that other mark has me scratching my head. Never seen one like that before. As to the barrel number, looks like it someone mistook the 3 in the serial for a 5 when they stamped the number on the barrel. I had to look close at the receiver to realize it was actually a 3 as the third digit. All in all, it is a sharp looking rifle.


sorry for the delay here! I took that picture as requested :) 
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Try Putting some talc or baby powder in the marking to add contrast
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