Enfield No2 Mk1*

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Varel

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Last week my local gunshops owner phoned me to tell me he bought a collection
from someone going to the retirement home. He remembered me asking for a webley top break revolver.

I got me a bargain i think: bought a browning gp 9 mm pistol looking like new, webley mk iv .38 s&w and an other top break revolver that looks like an enfield no2 mk1 * for 700 euro (850$).

The gun that looks like an enfield no2 mk1* is converted to .22 LR. It is not a parker hale conversion. Since there is no hammer spur on this type of revolver (double action only) it would be difficult to shoot accurate with it. I don't think that enyone would be tempted to convert such a gun from .38 to .22 for sport shooting since there were plenty of revolvers capable of schooting single action to convert:confused:.
Does anyone know if during WW2 such revolvers were converted for training of the Britisch soldiers with cheaper ammo?

grateful for any info
 
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That's an interesting one. I've never heard of a No. 2 being manufactured in .22 for training. I think you most likely have a post war gunsmith rework.
 
Converting a CF revolver to rimfire requires a complete redesign. Any markings on it? Got a picture?
Wouldn't have been done for war time training. The Brits didn't have enough firearms, especially for Armoured types, to start with.
 
The Enfield and Webley .38s from the war are good defensive pistols, even today:

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Sorry, no good pictures for at least 3 months!

I'm European. More restrictions here. The gun has to stay in the gunstore until i get the permit.
Always takes 3 to 4 months before i can pick up my guns at the gunstore and I didn't take pictures of it at the time i was buying it:(

We shall see then...
 
Bummer!

Well, when you finally take possession, come back and add some pictures. It would be very interesting to see how the conversion was done.
 
If YOU are the one who bought the .38 Webley at Hunters House in Copenhagen from right under my nose, I am officially mad at you!
 
There was a conversion unit for the Webley Mark VI in 455. Yes, be interesting to see if it's factory or custom made. At least with a No. 2 Mk1* in 22 LR you can practice DA shooting cheaply.
 
No Gungnir. Bought mine here in Flanders. It probably hasn't seen daylight for 20 or more years. The previous owner of the guns, before my local gunshop got them, kept his "collection" in smal plastic tupperware boxes . The type i used to carry my lunch in to school as a child.
 
A conversion unit was made for the Webley and, IIRC, the Enfield as well. I have never actually seen either one, only pictures, but they did/do exist. There is a barrel insert and a new cylinder with the chambers bored at an angle so the existing firing pin will work.

There was also a period in which British subjects were allowed to own .22 caliber handguns, and in that period, many of those guns were converted by gunsmiths to the small caliber. That slight concession to British gun owners didn't last, of course, and the police seized and destroyed or deactivated the guns.

Jim
 
Went to the gunshop to supposedly buy primers but mostly to take pictures from my .22 "enfield" if that is what it is.

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Thar is a gunsmith conversion, not a conversion kit. It looks like a good job and should work fine. The FTR stands for Factory Thorough Repair and means the gun was completely overhauled before being released by the government (and prior to the conversion to .22 by a civilian gunsmith).

Jim
 
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