Description
This Rifle was manufactured in the Fazakerley factory in Liverpool during WW2 & underwent an FTR (Factory Thorough Refurbishment) in 1953. In the years after the Second World War the British produced the No. 4 Mk 2 rifle, a refined & improved No. 4 rifle with the trigger hung forward from the butt collar & not from the trigger guard, beech wood stocks (with the original reinforcing strap & centerpiece of wood in the rear of the fore stock on the No.4 Mk I/Mk I* being removed in favour of a tie screw and nut) & brass buttplates. During World War II, the British replaced the brass buttplates on the No.4 rifles with zinc alloy ones to reduce costs & to speed up rifle production.With the introduction of the No. 4 Mk 2 rifle, the British refurbished many of their existing stocks of No. 4 rifles & brought them up to the same standard as the No. 4 Mk 2.
No. 4 Mk 1 rifles so upgraded were re-designated No. 4 Mk I/2 & were brought up to the same standard as the No. 4 Mk 2. This rifle underwent this process in 1953, as indicated on the rifle (see pictures). What this means to you is that this was stripped, serviced & had anything which was worn or looked like it was needing to be replaced at the time so you have a rifle that is as good as new can be for a rifle that is around 75 years old. When the cheek piece was fitted is unknown but it appears correct & genuine & it may be that it was used or intended to be used with a telescopic scope, perhaps for the Korean war? We assume the number on the stock is an armoury rack number or similar. This would make a great service rifle shooter or fill that gap in your Enfield collection.
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Being sold on consignment for a collector.
