gunshow - found an Enfield

[Jagman]

I've been looking for a no.4 mk2 for a while, finally got one at the Ft. Lauderdale show today.
Actually I saw it yesterday at the show and passed on it, price was $200.
it was niggling me all last night so today I went back for a 2nd look, it was covered in some kind of shellec and it looked like it had been mixed with a dark tint also, the whole rifle was covered and basically it looked like crap, I knew from the serial number this was one of the Irish contract rifles that never got delivered due to the chaos over there, and they were in storage into the 90's, and it should have a light or blonde stock, not this dark lookng blob.
I figured if the bore is ok I'll take a chance - at the worst I was going to chop it into a 'tanker' so I was pretty much set to buy it.
When I shone my bore light into the breach I almost blinded myself looking down the barrel - it is a mirror.
Got her home, tore it down and scrubbed it in the kitchen sink with a coctail of hot water, dish soap, bleach, and all purpose cleaner, got all the junk off the wood and applied a couple of coats of murphy soap oil to repenish the wood.
Everything matches and each piece is stamped with F53, (Factory and year)
Even the follower is marked and magazine is matching too.
Im glad I got this one !!
Jagman.
The main difference in the no.4 mk1 and 2 is that the trigger is hung from the reciever and not the trigger frame, In the last pic. I tried to get the serial number on the bottom of the mag, its there - believe me :)
Please be nice -that is my Wife holding my baby.
http://images22.fotki.com/v757/photos/1/139782/4757920/EnfieldNo_4mk_21-vi.jpg

http://images21.fotki.com/v760/photos/1/139782/4757920/EnfieldNo_4mk_2009-vi.jpg

http://images22.fotki.com/v757/photos/1/139782/4757920/EnfieldNo_4mk_22-vi.jpg

http://images22.fotki.com/v753/photos/1/139782/4757920/EnfieldNo_4mk_24-vi.jpg

[omerta123]

nice uhh.... rifle...

[LCPL 4]

Still kinda cool over there I see. Must have a nice offshore breeze.

[wonderwolf]

:bash: Cool

[jmikey]

:wow: Very nice rifle!

[nevada]

Very nice rifle. I remember when they were selling, every gun shop seemed to have them. I wasn't interested in milsurps then, my loss.

[kpd007]

Great pictures Jagman. Sweet rifle. Sweet pics (I said that already). I think you are a lucky man. Good taste all around the board. OK then.

[A.D.A.]

Nice rifle, did you take any before pictures. I am curious how much the washing changed the appearance.

[drine]

I wish I had that rifle back. The store in Athens had a sale that I missed. The sale was for WW1 Enfields. This was a Longbranch dated 1945. They said you missed the sale but can still have it for 69.95. I almost shat myself and took it home. Here's the best part. I don't think it was fired ever. The bolt face was perfect, no powder ring. Nothing looked used. I guess these are close to 500.00 now right?
Please forgive me but I sporterized it. No, not bubba'd. I cut the wood off of the front and use a piece for a cheek rest and bought a scope mount that use the flip sight bracket. Dead accurate, 1-1.5 MOA seriously. Everyone wanted it. I traded it for a Chipmunk for my son when times were hard. See my squirrel hunt post. I wish I had it back but the little Chipmunk made the boys year!

[Jacobite]

Very nice!

[cbear]

nice uhh.... rifle...

+2 :)

[Schultz]

Good find! Let us know how she shoots.

[Jagman]

I wish I had that rifle back. The store in Athens had a sale that I missed. The sale was for WW1 Enfields. This was a Longbranch dated 1945. They said you missed the sale but can still have it for 69.95. I almost shat myself and took it home. Here's the best part. I don't think it was fired ever. The bolt face was perfect, no powder ring. Nothing looked used. I guess these are close to 500.00 now right?
Please forgive me but I sporterized it. No, not bubba'd. I cut the wood off of the front and use a piece for a cheek rest and bought a scope mount that use the flip sight bracket. Dead accurate, 1-1.5 MOA seriously. Everyone wanted it. I traded it for a Chipmunk for my son when times were hard. See my squirrel hunt post. I wish I had it back but the little Chipmunk made the boys year!

You did the right thing at the time man!!!
That says a lot.
Jagman

[Smokehouse69]

Nice rifle... but I missed seeing the rifle in that one picture... I couldn't focus on it! :056:

[bullseye]

That rifle looks really nice, I missed them when they were everywhere and am now kicking myself every time someone comes across a good one like that. Glad it went to a good home.

[jfowl31]

I wanna see some before pics as well if you got em...

btw, was there a blemish on the bottom of the rifle that you didnt want us to see? Is that why you threw the "distractions" in that picture?

Got any more pictures of the butt?





























the rifle guys.... the rifle!!!!! git yer minds outta the gutter :)

[Jagman]

I did not take any before pics, I tore into it as soon as I got it home, I fully intended to redo the wood as it looked so bad, when I got it cleaned up after several hours of scrubbing I was amazed in the difference and then I wished I had taken some pics. Live and learn.
I have orders to remove the pic, of the mag, so I'll replace it with another.
Jagman.

[Norton]

I like the blonde stock it looks nice and clean.

[cetme]

looks like it's FTR marked(arsenal rebuild). Not good or bad just a bit of trivia.

[Jagman]

There are no FTR marks on this rifle, it is how it was built origonally.
its a no.4 mk.2, if it had been ftr'd into a mk.2 it would have the '*' next to the model number.
Besides, it being part of the consignment for the Irish contract that never came to pass, it has spent the better part of 40 years in a wharehouse before being released onto the surplus market
I took the rifle to the range today for my first shoot with it, everything is fine, the trigger is great - light and very clean break.
4 inch groups at 100 yards with POF surplus .303. Very happy with it!!
Jagman.
http://images23.fotki.com/v763/photos/1/139782/4757920/No_4mk_2-vi.jpg

[cetme]

sounds like a keeper:party0045: