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Which smle is this ?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:41 pm
by frogland
Hi this is my first post so bear with me.I'm not sure what this is.....sporterized.....enforcer......?
Re: Which smle is this ?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:58 pm
by dromia
It is not an SMLE, it looks like a sporter converted from a No 4.
SMLE pertains to the No1 rifle.
Re: Which smle is this ?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:02 pm
by dromia
Re: Which smle is this ?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:09 pm
by frogland
I'm just trying to catch my breath !!
Re: Which smle is this ?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:28 pm
by saddler
dromia wrote:This is an SMLE:
Canny looking bit of roughly hewn hide on it too...1914 pattern (rivets)...though a 1903 Pattern would have been even better.
Re: Which smle is this ?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:31 pm
by dromia
Wonder who made that mistake then?
Re: Which smle is this ?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:08 pm
by Fedaykin
frogland wrote:Hi this is my first post so bear with me.I'm not sure what this is.....sporterized.....enforcer......?
A No4 ruined with a sporter conversion
Re: Which smle is this ?
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:42 am
by huntervixen
She could be "re-militarised", the barrel looks to be untouched? .... got out of that pansy civilian dress and back into proper military fatigues !
Re: Which smle is this ?
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:32 am
by saddler
huntervixen wrote:She could be "re-militarised", the barrel looks to be untouched? .... got out of that pansy civilian dress and back into proper military fatigues !
Sez the person with a wrongly-scoped A4 icon. ...naughty bad!
Been gradually doing a very similar rebuild/re-militarisation, on a Fazakerly made No.4 that'd been sporterised & 410'd in the past.
The prices being charged for sets of wood is bordering on daylight robbery....but by waiting for non-dealer (militaria variery, not rfd) sales online, I eventually got the parts required. Just waiting for barrel bands/caps & a magazine.
Restoring can be done...so maybe worth considering as a project. ..
Re: Which smle is this ?
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:28 pm
by frogland
huntervixen wrote:She could be "re-militarised", the barrel looks to be untouched? .... got out of that pansy civilian dress and back into proper military fatigues !
Are there any no5 conversion kit suppliers in Europe ?
