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WW2 Australian No.1 Mk.3* SMLE Rifle Shortened
Guns International #: 101290056 Seller's Inventory #: 32667
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
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Number of Active Listings: 1205
Total Number of Listings: 20216
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
FREE SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OVER $500! We also 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. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
Serial #C86429, .303 British, 17 1/2" barrel with a very good bore that has some light-moderate freckling within the grooves. This is a 1941 dated rifle that has been converted to carbine length, probably by the Australian government during WW2. The rifle has non-matching numbers on the nosecap (which has unusual knurling on the edges of the front sight wings), a mismatched bolt, and a “10 42" date on the barrel breech and a faint "1942" stamped into the buttstock.. The metal retains 80-85% of a dull blue finish that has silvered at the muzzle, as well as along the high edges and projections. Spots of mild freckling are also present throughout. The buttstock has a large chip and further hairline crack where it meets the wrist socket, sanded, but still legible, markings on the right side of the butt (including a “1942") date, and the much-shortened forward handguard also has a large chip on the right rear. The rear handguard is no longer present. A single magazine is included. Examples of these shortened SMLEs are known, all with 1942 rework dates, and seem to be an attempt to make a short rifle suitable for jungle fighting along the lines of the No. 5 Jungle Carbine (Australia and India never produced the No. 4 rifles that served as the base for the Jungle Carbine). Unfortunately, very little information is available but the quality of the work points to this being a legit WW2 shortened rifle. Make your own determination. FFL or C&R
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Manufacturer: Enfield
Model: No.1
Caliber Info: .303
Gauge Info: .303