Your rifle,even with your 252 serial number does not mean it is pretty rare. There were more than 317,000 Mk I MLE rifles produced and nearly 600,000 Mk I. MLE rifles. Yours falls into the category of having a low serial number and one of 917,000 produced. The “Y” suffix on the serial number occurs on Ishapore Rifle Factory Mk III. Rifles manufactured between 1946-1980+ (Skennerton’s The Lee-Enfield, pp. The crown and GRI marks narrow the manufacture date to between 1946 and roughly 1951. Aug 17, 2008 Lee Enfield - Serial Numbers. Post Aug 17, 2008 #1 2008-08-17T19:19.
- Truth be known about Enfield serial numbers is simply, the serial number was used more for production counting than any other reason. For official references, usually the finished and issued rifle was tracked by its rack number and of course these records have long since been destroyed or lost forever.
- Lee Enfield no4 mk1 dating Article about: I have a no4 mk1 that has the serial number GC 22351 on the bolt and buttstock socket and the receiver says ROF(F) For Fazakerley and what i can only make out as a 43?
Hi all, first off I am new to this site having stumbled upon it while looking for some i.d help with a newly acquired Lee Enfield rifle so please bear with me as I am not yet familiar with the idiosyncrasies of the search function. The rifle in question is a 1943 with numbers; N24MKJ(F)FTR /49AP6888 stamped on the reciever. I made a trade for the action and barrel of an Enfield 1918 SMLE MKIII., Serial Number O 4477. According to the markings it was rebarreled in 1921 in England and the barrel serial number forced matched to the receiver. It is marked G.R. It was sold out service, unknown year, marked.303 2.22″. The barrel was tested to 18+ TONS. Nov 17, 2015 I have an Enfield Mark 4 number two, with serial “AC7594”, also marked “1943”, and “M” +7.,On the top of the front barrel cap it has “JB”letters. On the bolt-knob handle it has. Aug 17, 2008 Lee Enfield - Serial Numbers. Veteran member. Post Aug 17, 2008 #1 2008-08-17T19:19. The link below is to a web site I created some. 4 Mark 2 Irish Contract Fazakerly 1954 manufacture. Serial number is in the range of rifles produced for the Irish Republic, commonly called Irish contract rifles.
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