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Originally posted by A square 10 A square 10 wrote:

were you on the skennerton site ? i feel i remember you from there , im getting old and forgetful tho 

I don't remember being on Skennerton's site, just Mark Bitting's, then briefly on the gunboards forum... but I didn't like the feel of that place. Then, life got in the way of shooting, and here we are, 20 years' on.

I did have a couple of members of Bitting's British Rifles site (Mike Davies, now deceased, unfortunately, and Mark Stoner of PNEPS) at my wedding, where we were blessed to have use of a chromed '07 bayonet  (courtesy of a certain resident of Mooloolaba) to poke our celebratory cup cakes, however! I was also blessed to have corresponded with, and received a few odds and ends over the years from the legendary John Sukey, who alas, I understand has also shifted off this mortal coil. 

I must be getting old! Wondering if there is anyone else around here from the late 1990s / early 2000s?

We had quite an international crew, then. Glad to see more than few Canadians still lurking about, anyway! 
I've been around Enfields since the last century... But a newbie here in 2024.
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Welcome to the forum; from Paris France.
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yes , john is gone now , he was here for a short time before his death , he was a friend and a wealth of knowledge that we have lost , 

you dont happen to be the neil that was making handguards for the early long les ? 
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Originally posted by A square 10 A square 10 wrote:

yes , john is gone now , he was here for a short time before his death , he was a friend and a wealth of knowledge that we have lost , 

you dont happen to be the neil that was making handguards for the early long les ? 

Sadly, no - I'm not that skilled! 
I've been around Enfields since the last century... But a newbie here in 2024.
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I am guessing that whilst I am in probationary mode here, I can't upload photos? 

Or, I am just a complete luddite, and unable to figure out how.

Either possibility seems real...
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You cant post buy or sell ads, but I think that's it.
there's a cheat sheet down in info for new owners, give me  a minute & I'll find it & post a link.
There is also a file size limit. if your image is too big you'd need to resize a COPY & post that. Keep the big original.
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i suspect you will nearly meet the post threshold in this thread alone at the rate we are going 
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Our household's current collection:

-1943 Lithgow SMLE III* (With EFD fore-end and butt, and ISA handguard, as the coachwood originals were looking a little delicate - still got 'em, though);
-1943 Longbranch No. 4 Mk.I*;
-1942(?) Maltby manufactured No. 4 Mk.I, converted to single shot .22LR by AS ARM, Belgium, and very much my wife the sniper's beast;
-1945 Fazakerly No. 5;
-1954 Fazakerly No. 4 Mk. 2;
-EAL Carbine.
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And, apologies all: I didn't scroll down far enough to the "New Members" section of the forum, so put this whole thread HERE, instead of THERE.

I've subsequently relocated!

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Thanks, no problem.
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im sensing a theme here - war II and post war era ? is this a coincidence or accident or planned thing ? 

i was one that collected one of each era and type i could find from the P1853 thru the korean era , it was a lot of fun researching and learning of all these eras but i do understand those that specialize in areas that are far more limited in scope , it would have been cheaper for me to concentrate on that era - at one timre i had at least one of every mfgr and each mark from each with all the bayonets of each mark and a few that had variations , sometimes i think that should have been enough but i was already audited and we can never limit our interest too much in my mind , 

after selling off most everything im trying to stay only with trainers now - oh and the few handguns i still have and ........................so many things , so little time 
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Originally posted by A square 10 A square 10 wrote:

im sensing a theme here - war II and post war era ? is this a coincidence or accident or planned thing ? 

i was one that collected one of each era and type i could find from the P1853 thru the korean era , it was a lot of fun researching and learning of all these eras but i do understand those that specialize in areas that are far more limited in scope , it would have been cheaper for me to concentrate on that era - at one timre i had at least one of every mfgr and each mark from each with all the bayonets of each mark and a few that had variations , sometimes i think that should have been enough but i was already audited and we can never limit our interest too much in my mind , 

after selling off most everything im trying to stay only with trainers now - oh and the few handguns i still have and ........................so many things , so little time 

Wasn't the specific plan, but things just kind of worked out that way. I always said that if I couldn't shoot a rifle, it had to have massive collectible status... Since I've never had the cash flow for a massively collectible rifle, mine all have had to have been safe to use. I DID have a 1918 SSA / NRF SMLE for a while, but traded it for the No. 5. I kinda regret that, now, but it is what it is. Would love to find a Long Tom some day, but... Not sure that the budget will allow a nice one!
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There`s currently 2 on Gunpost.ca right now one is $1300 the other is $1600, same guy nice rifles by the looks of them. 1898 and 1901 all correct.
There`s also a Navy CLLE(1908????) asking $3500, personally too much for a rifle that`s not 100% correct. You`d have to research the Navy conversions to see what I`m seeing on that rifle.
The other 2 however are very reasonably priced.
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Originally posted by shiloh shiloh wrote:

There`s currently 2 on Gunpost.ca right now one is $1300 the other is $1600, same guy nice rifles by the looks of them. 1898 and 1901 all correct.
There`s also a Navy CLLE(1908????) asking $3500, personally too much for a rifle that`s not 100% correct. You`d have to research the Navy conversions to see what I`m seeing on that rifle.
The other 2 however are very reasonably priced.

Thanks for the heads up!

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