New Zealand Marked Lee-Enfield Mk. I* Rifle
Guns International #: 100541192 Seller's Inventory #: 28345
Category: Enfield Rifles - Military Rifles - Non-US
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
Platinum Seller
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
We have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material.
Description:
Serial #A27752, .303 British, 30” barrel with a very good, bright bore that has some mild freckling within the grooves. This is a very interesting rifle that has a “(crown)/VR/B.S.A. Co./1901/LE/I*” marked receiver, and a matching numbered, '06 dated barrel. The metal retains about 50% of the original blue that has silvered and faded extensively on the exposed edges and radii, and begun to turn a mild plum-brown on the balance with further small areas of pinprick pitting and freckling scattered about the metal surfaces. The bolt is armory renumbered to the gun and has a commensurate amount of blue remaining, and the original rear tangent sight has been removed, and a BSA No. 9 folding aperture rear sight installed in place of the volley sight aperture. The walnut stock has numerous small-moderate handling marks and blemishes scattered about the thick, added military oil finish, but the “I*” cartouche is still visible on the right side of the buttstock, and there are some short, hairling cracks on the front of the handguard. The long tang buttplate is extensively marked: “N(Broad Arrow)Z/441(?)/(double arrow deaccession mark)” with a further “55” rack number stamped into the wood just ahead of the tip of the tang. The rifle comes with its original chained magazine, and is a neat rife that saw New Zealand service and was subsequently modified for service rifle matches. {Ref. “The Lee-Enfield A Century of Lee-Metford & Lee-Enfield Rifles & Carbines” by Ian Skennerton; 2007} FFL or C&R
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Manufacturer: Enfield
Model: Long Lee
Serial Number: A27752
Caliber Info: .303
Gauge Info: .303