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Posts: 6 (01/16/09 11:03 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Picked up a Faz No. 4 Mk2 at a local auction. It is missing the screw set in the stock above the trigger. It seems to be related to holding the butt in place. Anyway, I haven't seen the part description in any schematic nor in any disassembly instructions. Nor have I seen a listing on any of the on-line Enfield parts providers. Of course I might not know it if I did see it. A) How important is this part to actually using/firing the weapon? B) What is it called and to whom would I turn for a replacement?
H0mer2		#1	[-]
Posts: 7 (01/16/09 11:42 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	You mean the cross bolt in the forend? I wouldn't shoot it without one as it may crack the stock. Mine is missing the nut, but I still have the bolt. It has been a safe queen for a while until I can score a replacement.
11Bravo		#2	[-]
Posts: 7 (01/16/09 02:51 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	That's part of my problem. I don't even know what the thingajig is called. It may be a bolt with a standard screw head on it, and it appears that there may have been a nut on the opposite side. As I said it is(was) located above the trigger and ran thru the stock. To the best of my knowledge the bolt can only be found on No. 4 & No. 5 Enfields. I have never seen one on an SMLE.
Ed Novak		#3	[-]
Posts: 1772 (01/16/09 10:04 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Obtain Small Arms Identification Series (S.A.I.D.) No.2 ".303 Rifle, No.4. Marks 1 and 1*, Marks 1/2, 1/3 and 2". Nice IPB and ID. You are referring to the "tie plate" and "Rivet, tie plate", I think. Not related to holding the butt in place but as a strengthening of the back end of the fore-end, cross-wise to avoid splitting of the fore-end wood. No "nut", just a rivet secured, right to left/left-to-right and no, they were not used on the No.1/SMLE. I've not seen a No.4 without the tie-plate and rivet and can only wonder why they would be missing from a standard piece of issue wood - a "bare-bones" replacement fore-end might well be missing these parts. LECS member #2. NRA Life Member Last Edited By: Ed Novak 01/16/09 10:13 PM. Edited 1 times.
11Bravo		#4	[-]
Posts: 12 (01/17/09 10:08 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	If it is indeed a riveted part it is odd that this gun would be missing the piece since every part is #'s matching including the stock. Thanx for the advice. I will try to find the SAID for a No. 4. Apparently there is a local WWII re-enactor that has knowledge of Enfield's. I'll have to see if I can run him down w/rifle (and FOID) in hand. Actually, it'll have to be securely enclosed in a fully zipped case stowed in my trunk separate from the ammo as I live in Illinois' Kapitol.
sgmsteve		#5	[-]
Posts: 641 (01/17/09 01:46 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I believe the screw/nut you are referring to is the one that replace the riveted one on the No.4 Mk1 when the Mk2 with the new trigger assembly was fabricated. I bought one of these because mine was missing also. I bought mine from Evans Obsolete Screws: http://customscrewsandmore.com/ It was an exact piece and fit and worked perfectly. Evans Obsolete Screws is a gold mine of Enfield parts! Steve
Ed Novak		#6	[-]
Posts: 1775 (01/17/09 02:52 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	sgmsteve wrote: I believe the screw/nut you are referring to is the one that replace the riveted one on the No.4 Mk1 when the Mk2 with the new trigger assembly was fabricated. I bought one of these because mine was missing also. I bought mine from Evans Obsolete Screws: http://customscrewsandmore.com/ It was an exact piece and fit and worked perfectly. Evans Obsolete Screws is a gold mine of Enfield parts! Steve Steve: You are correct; my brain is stuck in the Mk.1/1* mode. Scott Stonehill - 'Evans etc - is a master craftsman - has made up screws for several of my projects. LECS member #2. NRA Life Member
11Bravo		#7	[-]
Posts: 13 (01/17/09 05:10 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks a ton Sarge Major & Ed. BTW, my father-in-law is a retired SF CSM. He has been in the furball more than once and then some...
RichieRich3902		#8	[-]
Posts: 1318 (01/19/09 08:06 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I'll second Scott Stonehill he has made me some great screws for a project. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. -William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

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