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Scarce Irish Lee Enfield No. 1 Mk. I** SMLE Rifle 303 British
Guns International #: 102600176 Seller's Inventory #: 23862
Category: Enfield Rifles - Military Rifles - British
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
Number of Active Listings: 1393
Total Number of Listings: 25219
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 #ER3268, .303 British, 25" barrel with a very good bore that has some minor freckling within the grooves. This is a 1905 dated rifle that retains about 85% plus of the original blue finish with gray fading and mild plum-brown freckling on the balance. The bolt has been armory renumbered to match the rifle and is equipped with the sliding charger guide with some silvering along the bearing surfaces as well. The walnut forend, buttstock, and correct early handguards have an excellent dark added military oil finish over scattered minor handling marks and small surface blemishes throughout. The front volley sight stud is still present but the flip-up rear aperture is no longer installed and the brass stock disk is unit marked ("10.14/3NF/821"). These "ER" prefix guns were updated for the Mk.7 ammunition and sent to Ireland in the early 1920s. About 4000 of these rifles qwere imported into the U.S. in the 1960s-70s. 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