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AlpineTrucker 
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 Topic: Markings Guide Book?Posted: March 23 2023 at 5:49pm |
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Hey guys Alpine Trucker here again. Does anybody know of a guide/book explaining markings on Enfields? Im trying to do some research online but I've hit a wall on a few markings on my 1920 Lithgow and can't seem to find anything on the web. Thanks in advance
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Posted: March 23 2023 at 9:38pm |
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there are markings data in many of the common reference books we all use by scennerton and such , but i found a lot of additional data on the net over the years , when i get it all compiled it will be a good 1 1/2" binder - the sad part of that is i compiled it over 20+ years of net activity , a lot of the sources are no longer available ,
if i can ever figure out how to add a sricky and load them here i would - they were alll gotten by free access from net posts so im sure there are no legal ramifications , but im not real tech savy even after all these years , if you post what your looking for a lot of us have sources to give you what you need if its available - post the questions , we will try to help ,
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Posted: March 30 2023 at 5:38pm |
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Spend the money ($90 on amazon) and buy Ian Skennerton's The Lee-Enfield
 The Lee-Enfield: A Century of Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield Rifled and Carbines by Ian D. Skennerton (2007-08-01)ISBN: 9780949749826 / 0949749826 Publisher: Skennerton, 2008. , 2007 Edition: Hardcover Language: English It will answer questions you didn't know you had. The Broad Arrow II can be had for $60. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09N5G2Y2L/ref=olp-opf-redir?aod=1&condition=new&tag=bookfinder-test-b2-20 If you don't want to spend any $$, take a bunch of pictures and post them. But you should buy the books anyway.
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Posted: March 30 2023 at 7:16pm |
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A square. You can't sticky threads, that a mod "permission".  If you start a thread & point Hoadie, or Me to it We can do it for you easily though. You'll still have full access & permissions it just won't "just slide down the hill "if you dont update it constantly!
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Posted: March 31 2023 at 12:40pm |
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sounds good , i havnt gotten things in order yet but when i do ill contact one of you for help ,
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Posted: April 01 2023 at 5:32am |
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Skennerton's, The Broad Arrow is the book to buy for Enfield markings.
I have the first edition but the second edition has (I'm told) quite a bit more in.
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Posted: April 01 2023 at 8:49pm |
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i agree , but please know there were a lot of sources even some not fully published out there , i always felt the published authors did a marvelous job of getting a compilation of everything they could access and confirm out t0o us collectors , but ...
there are a lot of folks that continued to research and compile data , i think we have a couple among us - may not yet have published or some that had their own websites with research into just this data we all seek out , would be great to get it all in one source but i doubt that will happen ....least not in my lifetime , thats why i say i have a lot of stuff accumulated over a very long time , i go back to skenertons original enfield site and i know i have data dating back that far in my files if i can just get it dug out , markings on enfields was one of the first things that attracted ne to this area of collecting - that and my fathers mkIII that i still have , that carried forward to the bayonets i got into finding one for that rifle , there is so much to know and so many places one has to look to find it , the adventure of it all - nothing can be taken for granted ...or assumed as fact , enjoy the research and discovery
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Posted: April 02 2023 at 2:51am |
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Here`s a couple links, not complete by any means, but helpful non the less. The first link posted by Tony in 2009, the other from the Military surplus collectors forum. https://www.milsurps.com/enfield.php?pg=gh.htm (copy and paste)
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Posted: April 02 2023 at 6:27pm |
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tjhat will give you the WWII parts mfgrs - those are the war codes - very useful in identifying where the parts you have were made , i do have that data as well ,
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