Description
Enfield #4 MKI Model 1931 rifle 303 British, STAMPED 1943 ON band and BSA on Receiver, NO. 4 MKI (F)FTR, original Classisfications scratched out (still visable) ex-Trails Enfield, good to very good condition, bayonet, collectable Nice Condition
The first attempt was the ‘No.1 Mark 5’ (a new system of nomenclature had been adopted after the war) which was little more than a Mark 3 with an aperture sight at the rear of the receiver. It was never adopted as a service weapon. The design was then simplified into the ‘No.1 Mark 6’ which used a heavier barrel, a new design of bolt, less woodwork, and a projecting muzzle on to which a spike bayonet could be fixed. This too was never adopted, but with a little more improvement it became the ‘No.4 Mark 1’, the standard WW2 rifle.
The No.4 rifle was much like the earlier Mark 6, but there were numerous small changes which simplified production. It was first issued late in 1939, though not officially adopted until 13 February 1941. Well over one million were made from November 1939 onwards during the Second World War, both in Britain and across the Atlantic in the USA and Canada, and after some misgivings by old soldiers who missed the immaculate finish of the Mark 3, the No.4 became liked and trusted in its turn. It remained in service as a sniping rifle, using 7.62 mm NATO ammunition.
Stock 247 – SN BA19654
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