Latest added to the rack
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Category: Enfields
Forum Name: After Market Enfields
Forum Description: What have you done to that Enfield??
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Topic: Latest added to the rack
Posted By: shiloh
Subject: Latest added to the rack
Date Posted: January 20 2021 at 9:57am
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1. PH Custom No.1 Lithgow(I`ve restored this rifle it was rough) 2. Churchill No4 Mk1/2 shcnabel(being shipped)     |
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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: January 20 2021 at 11:33am
| Very nice! Both are, in fact! |
Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: January 20 2021 at 12:42pm
| Yeah, those are a couple of very pretty sporting rifles. |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: January 20 2021 at 1:06pm
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Ya that churchill is just like the one I had back in the 80`s, wish I had never sold it, so when I saw this one..... |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: January 20 2021 at 4:06pm
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Beautiful examples! I would be very proud to have them in my own collection! ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: January 20 2021 at 4:10pm
| Very nice indeed!!! |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: January 20 2021 at 5:05pm
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I like my rifles "utilitarian" but those put me to shame. Very nice guys. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: January 21 2021 at 9:16am
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Been trying to research the history on these Churchill`s, unlike PH and others, there is virtually nothing remaining archived or records on the conversions of these beautiful rifles. Churchill has changed hands many times and even closed since the family business started, all historical records have either been destroyed or lost forever. There is a book by D.A. Masters that could possibly shed some light on the subject, but, I`m reluctant to spend $200+ to find out unless one of you fine gentlemen have a copy and could shed some light. It`s hard to believe that someone out there, collector or history buff, would not have collected some of those documents, or even understand an executive decision to have the records destroyed unless it was to save face or taxation. There`s probably a million reasons, just a shame is all.
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Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: January 21 2021 at 11:49am
| On kind of the same topic. John Jovino's gun shop has officially closed its doors due to Covid-19 related issues. Now would be the time to barter with the son to aquire his Enfields... |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 7:55am
This statement was based off of what a few people have told me recently. So yesterday I contacted Churchill, their reply was, the history is filed by date not serial number from 1880 to present, some records were lost in a fire, the cost to research is 75 lbs sterling. A little pricey for a possible negative out come.
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shiloh wrote:Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 9:32am
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They want 75 bucks from you in exchange for information they have? Not worth it at all. Enjoy that rifle for what it is. Now that you have it, its history starts with you from this moment forward...
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Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 11:38am
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I will indeed, it`s $130CDN, 75lbs sterling. The person that replied back to me said it was, `hideously painful searching through the old records, hence the small fee to do so, regardless of the out come`! Ya it`s much easier to spend that else where.
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Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: January 26 2021 at 10:51am
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The Churchill arrived today, other than the recoil pad, this rifle is mint. Its a mk1/2, original maker, I dont know, Churchills degree of refinishing the metal for high gloss blue has scrubbed pretty much every mark. There`s a 54 stamp on the under side of the barrel and a Mk2 trigger assembly.
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