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NHBandit
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Posted: March 18 2019 at 9:50am |
It gets y'all talking at least. I've been messing with old military surplus stuff for 40 years and am still leaning about the Enfields. I've done a bit of reading about the various changes made to the No1 series and just finished rebuilding a Savage No4 Mk1* with a bunch of help from the folks here. So.. Were there No2 and No3 rifles made ? Failed prototypes, etc. anything ? I can't imagine them jumping from No1 to No4 with nothing in between.
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MarkG
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If I remember correctly, the No 2 was a .22 training rifle, and the No 3 was the 1914-pattern rifle that was mostly made in the US?
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Shamu
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The No2s were SMLEs as the No2 MkIV* & the No1 MkIII sleeved for the .22 RF. The No3 was the "American Enfield P-14" |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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A square 10
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yes and there were other mks too , the mkV & mkVI were the transition from no1 to no 4 there were trials and transition respectively , these are advanced collectibles tho , not real eassily found , to start look at the no1s [SMLEs] and no4 as well as the no5 , they are findable commonly , the no3 is also findable and belongs in your accumulation ,
then there are the earlier ones - variations on the long lees and the mkI sequence , you have much research to cover ,
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hoadie
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...this is why we are so intrigued with Enfields! NOTHING is "normal", & there is ALWAYS something we didn't know that comes to light.
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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NHBandit
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Thanks guys !
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