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Scarce RAF (Air Ministry) No. 2 Mk. IV* .22 SMLE Rifle with Post-War Irish Markings
Guns International #: 102994840 Seller's Inventory #: 49981
Category: Enfield Rifles - Military Rifles - Trainer Rifles
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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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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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 # AM 1517, .22 LR, 25" barrel with an excellent, bright bore. This was a Parker-Hale conversion of a 1916-dated SMLE Mk. III as an Air Ministry contract for RAF training rifles in the late 1930s. During the conversion, the rifle was given a new serial number with an "AM" Air Ministry prefix, which is also present on the bolt and nosecap, and there are Parker-Hale markings on the knox form of the .22 caliber barrel. The metal retains 90-92% of the conversion-applied blue finish, with some silvering along the high and exposed edges, as well as on the bearing surfaces and handle of the bolt. A US importer stamp is present on the right side of the receiver just ahead of the wrist socket. The walnut buttstock, forend, and handguards are in fine condition with some minor handling marks and small surface blemishes scattered about the original oil finish, and a small double-F (Fianna Fáil) Irish property stamp is present on the underside of the forend ahead of the magazine well. An unmarked magazine housing, minus the spring and follower, is included. After the war, many of these rifles were sold to the Irish government, with many of them subsequently imported into the US in the late ‘80s & early ‘90s. This is one of those imported rifles, and is in fine-near excellent condition. FFL or C&R;
SOLD