Help with 2 No.4 Mk1 Rifles....

[amberg1853]

I must admit British items are a little out of my collecting area. Met a guy in response to an ad, he spoke broken Enlish and from his description they sounded like Springfields. So hard to walk away from something so I picket them both up for $100.00. Condition: one is a little nicer than the other, each is missing the clip and bolt and looks like a few other parts. I went thru the gun books and can't quite find what they are. Sporterized even? Both are marked "England" so possibly imports. Thanks for your help,

Brian

[amberg1853]

2nd

[byterock]

Cut down Enfields. Quite common on this side of the pond, and as you say used for sporting rifles.

Sold by the thousands for as little as 5$ back in the day. Still used by many up north as their 'spare' gun.

IMHO not worth the 100$ for them as they are missing part and bolts.
Last good condition one I saw was running at 50$ retail.

BTW after they are cut down they make for poor rifles. Seems the barrels droop and they shoot low to the sights.

[amberg1853]

Many thanks for the fast reply, kinda had that feeling after the fact and that confirms. So hard to walk away sometimes.especially something new. Lesson learned. Nice matching set maybe I can display outsdie on either side of my garage along with my set of WW1 AP artillery shells, wife would love that. Already have a set of cars that don't run, I have a theme here. LEMONS!!!!!

[Jim Maclean]

Magazines were numbered to the rifle, there wasn't the situation of having a spare loaded mag. I imagine all mags would fit, they just didn't make more.

The bolts missing I would imagine to be a bigger problem as these AFAK were fitted to the individual weapon. Not much chance there.

Yes if you take all the woodwork away the rifle will shoot to a different point. I thought most shooters understood that a free floating barrel was a bit different. That's why sights have adjustment.