SwampYankee
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I recently picked up a new No. 4. Mark 1. It was very pretty and the price was right. However, upon further inspection I think it is some type of rebuild, and not a factory job. I’m still pretty pleased with it, but I would like to replace as many of the parts as possible to something approximating factory.
Here are the details:
- The bore is absolutely brilliant, none of my other 3 Enfields come close to the shine or the sharpness of it.
- The barrel and receiver look nearly 95% original blue, very little wear.
- Marked 47C 1944, N30764, No 4 Mk 1 (so it's a BSA, my other BSA is a 1943 and is just marked "B")
- The bolt looks new, literally the bolt face is almost mirror perfect, the paint on the bolt head is also perfect. The bolt matches the receiver, surprisingly.
- It has a Savage magazine, Savage front band and I believe Savage rear stock
- The rear stock has a new brass plate, which does not fit, with beat old screws
- The upper front stock and main stock are marked CE1967 and are in perfect condition
- The stocks all look new, with a real thin coat of shellac
- The upper rear stock does not have ribs, it is smooth
- It has a CAI mark on the barrel, it is an older mark: small, clean and rolled, not penciled.
All of this leads me to believe that this gun was probably rarely fired but for some reason, has replacement (and relatively new) wood. My guess is that someone bubba’d the original wood or put a hunting stock onto it. Someone else found it, saw the great condition of the actual gun and attempted to retofit it to original.
Does this make sense?
I think I will try and replace the Savage parts and maybe get a new rear stock, or at least replace the brass with steel.
Here are the details:
- The bore is absolutely brilliant, none of my other 3 Enfields come close to the shine or the sharpness of it.
- The barrel and receiver look nearly 95% original blue, very little wear.
- Marked 47C 1944, N30764, No 4 Mk 1 (so it's a BSA, my other BSA is a 1943 and is just marked "B")
- The bolt looks new, literally the bolt face is almost mirror perfect, the paint on the bolt head is also perfect. The bolt matches the receiver, surprisingly.
- It has a Savage magazine, Savage front band and I believe Savage rear stock
- The rear stock has a new brass plate, which does not fit, with beat old screws
- The upper front stock and main stock are marked CE1967 and are in perfect condition
- The stocks all look new, with a real thin coat of shellac
- The upper rear stock does not have ribs, it is smooth
- It has a CAI mark on the barrel, it is an older mark: small, clean and rolled, not penciled.
All of this leads me to believe that this gun was probably rarely fired but for some reason, has replacement (and relatively new) wood. My guess is that someone bubba’d the original wood or put a hunting stock onto it. Someone else found it, saw the great condition of the actual gun and attempted to retofit it to original.
Does this make sense?
I think I will try and replace the Savage parts and maybe get a new rear stock, or at least replace the brass with steel.