I have no clue what this kind of gun is worth, I guess it is whatever someone will pay. What should I mark down for insurance value?
Any idea? I have no clue. Insurance value would best be conducted by an insurance company that deals specifically with firearm relics such as a year old Lee-Enfield rifle.
I myself could not even hazard a guess on a price. The insurance guy I use has no clue on guns, I have asked before. They are idiots. Maybe I will phone some gun shops and see if I can get someone who has a guesstimate.
Again, thanks for the help! Remember, geographical location affects values, as well. Just sayin. And the british rifle is one of the nostalgic rifles out there that reminds me of such beautiful memories. Today, I am going to unveil the British Rifle accuracy, identification, serial numbers location, and how they hunt moose and grizzly bears.
The accuracy of your rifle is heavily dependent on what you want it to be effective at. After figuring that out, it is important to note that they are normally shot at a meter range of about meters. However, the latest one could go up to yards since it had adjustable sights. The initial replicas were known for volley sights that could even shoot at ranges of over a mile, or even past 1, yards.
Serial Numbers: The serial number was used to track the rifle through its rack number. Manufacturer identification: The name of the manufacturer together with the date and type of manufacture is indicated on the rifle. This would be on either the left side butt socket or the left side of the receiver. Mark: you will find the mark of the rifle on the left side of the receiver wall. This applies to No. Model: the model will also be stamped onto the left side of the receiver wall for No.
In December , it was put into service for the Lee-Metford rifle, and first developed as a black powder in Britain. Thereafter in the year , the cartridge was then modified to use smokeless powder. From to the s, it was the standard Commonwealth and British military cartridge for machine guns and rifles. The 7. You can find them in various places on your rifle. These include the receiver ring, on the bottom of the fore-end, and they can as well be stamped on the rear of the bolt handle.
The rifles are the best recommendations for you when you are out there hunting moose and grizzly bears. FI 45 at the very bottom inside when you lift the rear-sight all the way up.
FI 9 located just above the FI R located largely to the left of the FI E located largely under the serial in the middle underneath the notched rear-sight. FI located on the base where the back-sight lays down on the barrel. S C HV located on the top of the barrel just behind the rear-sight.
FI located on the left back side of the notch slider on the rear-sight. IG H located on the very back left side of the barrel just in front of the action. H Same crest located just behind the previous crest stamp. P located just to the right and on top the barrel from the crest stamp. Crossed-Flags stamped on the slide track of the bolt located on the front section of the bolt.
III stamped on the safety. M located behind the action just to the right of the safety. Scratched off crest on the top of the firing pin.
Bunch of worn down unreadable numbers and crest like shapes all over the bolt arm. Crossed-Flags stamped on the back of the bolt arm just to the right of the non-matching serial. E has a line underneath those two letters. III stamped on the right of the rifle just above the trigger. S carved or stamped on the bottom of the hand grip of the butt-stock.
SZ stamped or carved just below worn down unreadable letters on the right side of the butt-stock just in front of a Black Solid Dot. BD stamped or carved on the left side of the butt-stock. FI stamped clearly on the inside of the cleaning kit cap on the back of the butt-stock. L stamped on the top of the top front side of the magazine. Took it to the range today shot at a target yards out.
Aimed for center chest and it hit way up at the very top right corner of the paper with a grouping big enough to barely hit a basketball. Then I shot the rifle at the same target 50 yards out, and hit twice just above right shoulder while aiming center chest. However, the grouping of the two shots at 50 yards could cover a dime! That is extremely good grouping for the rifles age. I think that Clyde brought the gun back home from overseas and gave it to his brother George, My Great Grandfather on my Grandfathers side.
Then George gave the rifle to his father, and when his father died it was passed back to George. Then when George died the rifle was passed back to Clyde who lived longer than George and his other brothers. Then when Clyde died the rifle was passed down the my Grandfather, and now me sadly.
I really wanna know this rifle story!!!! I have pictures of the gun if you want me to email them to you or something? I really hope you can help me ASAP with this? I would also like to know what scope mounts and rings I need to put a scope on the rifle.
Also how I would put a Bi-pod on as well as a sling. Perhaps other more knowledgeable commenters will fill in the gaps and correct my mistakes. The barrel also came from there and is original to the action body if the serial s match. The G and H non-matching serial s on the magazine are among those found on weapons made by Ishapore between Barrel markings show that the finished weapon was proofed by Ishapore.
The SC small cone and HV high velocity on the barrel indicate that the small or forcing cone of the barrel is 0. In my humble opinion the enfield bolt action rifle is a precision weapon if properly maintained and equipped with good sights , either iron aperture sights or optical telescopic sights. Terrorists are usually not particular about whom they are killing, and can thus use assault rifles to spray bullets on crowds. The law enforcement personnel responding to such attacks must use precision weapons to target the terrorist alone, when he is surrounded by people.
They cannot fire indiscriminately, killing innocent bystanders. As mentioned above, the police personnel are probably not trained in marksmanship ,and the weapons are poorly maintained, generally carried around for show.
The answer is to improve maintenance and accuracy of the existing weapons, and to improve training in marksmanship , so that the pathetic performance of the police during the attacks is not repeated.
Excellent comment. By the way the rifle made in Thanks in advance for your help. Like you, I find many of the single letter markings on these weapons are tough to interpret accurately.
I was just wondering what the date of manufacture might be. Your rifle was made early during the production year.
As I have read previous discussions that some times the marking is wrong when they are marked. Any idea as too when this gun was made or any other info you can ascertain from the given info from me.
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