Thread: Gun Porn, show off your new toys

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Rem700 put together by Mitch Mayberry, 26" Shillen select match chambered 6.5-284, Terminator T2, Ken Henderson stock with alloy bedding block, 140 Amax @3000 fps (Lapua brass, N560)
I'm beginning to like her too!

Drooling.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

I'm beginning to like her too!

What's not too like? She's black. Once you have had black you never go back!

What's the carbon stock on the Sako?

Originally Posted by gimp

What's the carbon stock on the Sako?

Also a Ken Henderson stock

Hogue forend on the way.

Originally Posted by Miami_JBT

Hogue forend on the way.

Very nice, what's the magwel conversion? Have you had a chance to test it out?

It was installed at the factory in Serbia. Permanent modification to the receiver. It will never take 5.56 AK mags. I'm cool with that. Had a 5.56 Yugo AK. Was a pain in the butt. No standard on mags. With this.... I get all the benefits of a AK with the standardization of my AR mags. Also don't have to buy more mags. Rifle shoots nice.

1942 SMLE No.4 Mk1*.

My first "classic" rifle. Upon closer inspection it appears pretty beat up - a lot of the engravings have faded, the wood has been pretty scarred. Rifling (2 groove) appears to be reasonably proud throughout midsection, barrel is quite pitted (which I understand to be a consequence of corrosive nitrocellulose ammunition). The crown is virtually smooth.

Bought it mainly as a collector's piece, the other example on offer was a Mk2 but it had been modified and the Beech wood wasn't to my aesthetic taste, even if it was supposedly a better shooter.

I've had a poke around on allaboutenfields.co.nz which was quite useful but his list of markings (by his own admission) was inconclusive, as my rifle features markings that either aren't there - or I'm not able to discern them properly.

From what I can tell in my limited research to date, is that this rifle was produced by ROF Maltby in South Yorkshire. The receiver and wrist have matching serial numbers. I cannot see any serial number on the bolt itself - the only marking on which are a "F" and "2", I'm assuming that the "F" denotes ROF Fazakerely production?

There are markings on the weapon but markings that I'm expecting to see, such as a crown or broad arrow are seemingly absent.

I *think* that there might be the shaft of a broad arrow above the serial number located on the wrist but it's missing the head. From what I've seen on the internet, the quality of the markings can be sometimes half-arsed. Completely understandable if one was being bombed incessantly.

Enfield experts out there @res, please - Lend me your eyes (with apologies to William Shakespeare).

Originally Posted by Ryan

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1942 SMLE No.4 Mk1*.

My first "classic" rifle. Upon closer inspection it appears pretty beat up - a lot of the engravings have faded, the wood has been pretty scarred. Rifling (2 groove) appears to be reasonably proud throughout midsection, barrel is quite pitted (which I understand to be a consequence of corrosive nitrocellulose ammunition). The crown is virtually smooth.

Bought it mainly as a collector's piece, the other example on offer was a Mk2 but it had been modified and the Beech wood wasn't to my aesthetic taste, even if it was supposedly a better shooter.

I've had a poke around on allaboutenfields.co.nz which was quite useful but his list of markings (by his own admission) was inconclusive, as my rifle features markings that either aren't there - or I'm not able to discern them properly.

From what I can tell in my limited research to date, is that this rifle was produced by ROF Maltby in South Yorkshire. The receiver and wrist have matching serial numbers. I cannot see any serial number on the bolt itself - the only marking on which are a "F" and "2", I'm assuming that the "F" denotes ROF Fazakerely production?

There are markings on the weapon but markings that I'm expecting to see, such as a crown or broad arrow are seemingly absent.

I *think* that there might be the shaft of a broad arrow above the serial number located on the wrist but it's missing the head. From what I've seen on the internet, the quality of the markings can be sometimes half-arsed. Completely understandable if one was being bombed incessantly.

Enfield experts out there @res, please - Lend me your eyes (with apologies to William Shakespeare).

Did it come with any Commando Comics?

Originally Posted by Miami_JBT

Did it come with any Commando Comics?

Ha!

Nice Ryan, I wish I could say I was the expert you think I am-I just enjoy researching the old rifles. Unfortunately I'm away from my library of reference books for a few weeks so maybe take the best photos you can and post them up on the NZ Lee Enfeild Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/729247080450782/) and the other train spotters will fight each other to tell you what it all means

Thanks Res - unfortunately I'm not a member of StasiBook and have no intention of joining. I need to get a magnifying glass and sit and jot down what I think the markings are and where they're located and see if I can cross-reference them with a resource on the internet... until you get back to your books, heh.

Originally Posted by Ryan

Thanks Res - unfortunately I'm not a member of StasiBook and have no intention of joining. I need to get a magnifying glass and sit and jot down what I think the markings are and where they're located and see if I can cross-reference them with a resource on the internet... until you get back to your books, heh.

Fair enough, probably the most friendly online source is this forum http://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72 there are some true experts on there, they will want photos rather than descriptions as we all tend to see things different-esp with hurried/worn stamping

I feel a .303 vs 6.5x55 Swe shoot is in order.

Originally Posted by dogmatix

I feel a .303 vs 6.5x55 Swe shoot is in order.

"It might not happen overnight but it will happen".