Which lee enfield do i have

Is the ProMag a decent option? The stock has been varnished at some point, I would think that should be an oil finish. Where can I find good instruction for taking the rifle down and giving it a good deep cleaning, the trigger well is full of dust, I assume from this the innards need a good cleaning.

I hope to make a good cast boolit plinker from the rifle, Thanks for your help. Forgot to add, the front sight is dovetailed.

There is a screw head on the left side of the sight mount slightly forward and below the sight. Does this adjust windage or is windage drift adjustable only? Pics would help for sure, but sounds like a No.

Good rifles that are a bunch of fun to shoot. It does sound like a No. In the case of Savage Stevens the serial numbers began with a 0C1 and for Long Branch 0L1, these serials progressed in sequence directly relating the serial number to the number of rifles produced. An example would be: rifle serial number 52C would be the , th rifle produced by Savage Stevens.

No5 rifles Jungle Carbines serial numbers consisted of a sequential 4 digit number starting with running through to , the numbers were preceded by a letter prefix. When the number sequence reached the next letter assigned to the factory would be substituted in place of the former. The prefixes were assigned as follows:. Places that will have the serial information is on the bolt, receiver and normally the barrel. They may have the numbers stamped into the front portion of the fore-end and on the bottom of the magazine.

Manufacturers will be noted either on the left side of the receiver or on the left side buttsocket. The trained soldier could fire 30 aimed rounds at a target meters in one minute known as "the mad minute". The brits used a later version with the pig sticker bayonet. We had the 18in. One of the rifles I had was made in It was a very effective weapon. At least if you hit something, it stayed Hit. The chemical reaction discolors the surface of the metal to a blue color, sometimes a vivid blue, sometimes more gray or black.

I now own one and some of your information is a little off. Rear Sights are flip-up adjustable aperature micrometer sights, not vertical leaf. Weight unloaded is Nine pounds even I weighed it! And, as for the aimed shot capacity, it's actually more along the lines of 15 rounds per minute. Because of the way the Lee action is set up, rapid fire is very easy to do.

As long as you've got some charger clips handy, you can manage 3in. Some answers sort of to the perennial question. Also, guidelines for getting an appraisal. Fakes and Replicas Rifles the British never made! Pakistani P. The E. Rifle Another rare and little heard-of variation. A Rare Find!