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    Posted: January 05 2015 at 11:02am
I recently acquired a rifle from my father, who he said found it in a field when he was in his 20's.  I'm trying to identify it in hopes of learning its history but sadly I'm quite uneducated when it comes to firearms.  I was hoping that perhaps you fine people could help shed some light on it.  He says its a 303 British but thats all he knew.  I took some pictures of any marking I could find to help identify it.








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Yes/noWacko.
It is an "Enfield", but not a "Lee-Enfield".

There was a series of designs variously known as the "P-14" for Pattern 14, or "M1917" to the US. They were known as "American Enfields" & are basically a Mauser copy with no interchangeable parts between them & the Lee-Enfield design. If yours is really in .303 British its a P-14, because the American version, the M1917 was in 30.06.

The one you show has been "sporterised" by having wood removed & other changes to make it more like a hunting rifle.

More stuff about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_1914_Enfield

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My P-17 has been sported just like that one , except they cut the front sight protector wings down and they filed the sight down on the rear sight ....
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Thank you Shamu, very informative Thumbs Up
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In the 3rd photo, it appears to have the British Ministry stamp on it, as well.
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the one you show is an "eddystone" by the ERA marking which also is indicative of a pattern 14 rifle as is the brass marking disc in the buttstock , 

it shoots the 303 cartridge , it originally had volley sights -and looks like it might retain its rear one , and if the barrel is original you have a candidate for restoration , 

my eddystone is on the bottom here , the other two are M1917s 


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