Enfield No 1 MK lll Work in Progress

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usmctop	Enfield No 1 MK lll Work in Progress	Lead	[-]
Posts: 90 (07/01/09 09:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Trying to restore a 1917 Enfield No 1 MK lll after rescue from bubba. Still has lots of wrong parts on it, but it is looking better than it did. The bolt and receiver serial no's match. BEFORE CURRENTLY
Crunch130		#1	[-]
Posts: 894 (07/01/09 11:22 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Looks good. I rescued a BSA 1917 in a sport stock, but barrel & sights not cut up. It's a mismatch, but I like it and it shoots well. Crunch
7GREEN		#2	[-]
Posts: 622 (07/02/09 12:06 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	What sort of wrong parts were on it- a lot of SMLEs/No. 1 Mk IIIs are mixmasters. 2 of mine are marked SMLE but have been altered to SMLE* configuration-no volley sights or cutoffs, e.g.
usmctop		#3	[-]
Posts: 92 (07/02/09 07:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	7GREEN wrote: What sort of wrong parts were on it- a lot of SMLEs/No. 1 Mk IIIs are mixmasters. 2 of mine are marked SMLE but have been altered to SMLE* configuration-no volley sights or cutoffs, e.g. Currently I have a No 4 buttstock, and the sight protector and nosecap are from newer versions of the Mk lll's. I have the original buttstock which could probably be restored....but bubba had put a quarter in the disc cut out and I am afraid that if I try and get it out, I will damage the wood. I have a cutoff and tried to install it, but had trouble; I wonder if those were put on before the charger bridge was installed??? I may give that another shot later. Last Edited By: usmctop 07/02/09 07:11 AM. Edited 1 times.
HORSEMAN1		#4	[-]
Posts: 769 (07/02/09 09:58 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Looks like your doing a fine job on that one. How does it shoot ? And did you refinish that stock it looks pretty darn nice
usmctop		#5	[-]
Posts: 93 (07/02/09 08:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	HORSEMAN1 wrote: Looks like your doing a fine job on that one. How does it shoot ? And did you refinish that stock it looks pretty darn nice Thanks, but I can only take credit for the buttstock.....the rest came to me that way from Numrich. The buttstock in the picture is from a Savage No 4....I took that one off today and replaced it with a no1 stock. When I bought that particular Savage....it too had been sporterized and that buttstock had been painted yellow!!!!! The No 1 was a great shooter with the sport stock on....I haven't fired it yet with the new military stock, but will report back when I do. Last Edited By: usmctop 07/02/09 08:12 PM. Edited 1 times.
7GREEN		#6	[-]
Posts: 623 (07/02/09 09:48 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I need to check my copy of Skennerton but if yours was made in 1917 it would have been made as an SMLE* and not have had the cutoff on it.
usmctop		#7	[-]
Posts: 94 (07/02/09 09:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	7GREEN wrote: I need to check my copy of Skennerton but if yours was made in 1917 it would have been made as an SMLE* and not have had the cutoff on it. It has the slot for the cutoff and the screw is already there. It is marked as a lll with no *. I probably wont put it on anyway as I don't really care for the looks of it. From the looks of the sporterized stock there was never a volley sight either.
MasterChief		#8	[-]
Posts: 1006 (07/02/09 10:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Any indication that the * was cancelled like the one below? BTW, nice resto, Top! Best wishes. Dave
usmctop		#9	[-]
Posts: 95 (07/02/09 10:42 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Master Chief, It doesn't look as though there has been a mark out on it, but it could be. That side of the receiver ring has quite a bit of pitting on it.....some brit or bubba didn't know how to clean a weapon apparently. Thanks for the comments.
MasterChief		#10	[-]
Posts: 1007 (07/03/09 09:27 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Top: I really think I can see vestiges the lined-out * on your receiver when I zoom in. The upper line and the top two points of the * appear to be in the same orientation as my example. If true, this would explain the presence of the cut-out. Mine also has a 1935-dated barrel which probably indicates the period of conversion. Best wishes. Dave Last Edited By: MasterChief 07/03/09 05:54 PM. Edited 1 times.
usmctop		#11	[-]
Posts: 96 (07/03/09 10:22 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks Dave. I think I will just leave it as a mixmaster and I am not going to install the cut out. I had wanted a MK lll or MK lll* for quite a while and just wasnt able to find one till this one showed up in a pawn shop. I was able to trade for it so no cash out of pocket except for money for stock. Think I'll take her out side and shoot today after I mow the field. By the way Master Chief....Navy or Coast Guard?
MasterChief		#12	[-]
Posts: 1008 (07/03/09 06:07 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Top: I was US Navy 1969-1989. And good work on those shoes... (Navy humor). My last division officer was a Marine Captain aviation retread (former grunt in d' Nam). I also worked with a great bunch of Marine enlisted troops, mostly Staff NCO's up to and including a couple of Master Sergeants...as well as the usual compliment of Navy types. This was at VFA-125, the F/A-18 RAG. Thanks for asking. As my crew used to say...You can tell a Master Chief...". But you know the rest. Best wishes. Dave
usmctop		#13	[-]
Posts: 97 (07/03/09 08:07 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	US Marine Corps 71-92; and I spent lots of time on several Naval vessels. Semper Fi Master Chief!! Happy 4th to you and all others on the board.
temperflash		#14	[-]
Posts: 409 (07/06/09 05:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Don't toss the Bubba'd wood just yet. I've run across information several times on No.1 rifles with fore ends cut in just this manner for use by sharpshooters or designated Marksmen in the India-China-Burma theatre. They'd given up on keeping the bedding perfect due to humidity and simply cut down the fore ends. There are also photos of British troops in Norway carrying No.1 rifles cut down in this manner. The British also bought up commercial target rifles for ship board use in detonating mines and such, but the only purchases I know of were earlier in WW2. The Enfield Action Bodies were produced in runs and stockpiled so an action body manufactured pre 1916 might not be finished out and proofed till 1917. I put the cut out plate on my 1915, got an un issued transitional fore end inletted for the cut off. It works fin for target shooting but would be easy to leave in the on position without knowing it, or knocking it in accidently cutting off your ammo supply when most needed. A good idea for grenade launching though.