Jonesing for an Enfield

[Arik]

The only cure for the SMLE jones is to get one.

I chopped this one up as a teenager when they were 29 bucks:



I'll leave this jungle carbine as is - no way to improve it, anyway.

Ahhhh...you killed it!! Your gun buying should be suspended!

No way to improve? Well for starters they could have made some left handed

 

[Cyrano]

draws are the bedding area for the reciever, in time the dry out and the wood will shrink, i had to add some wood to my carbine. i cut thin strips of walnut and glued them in place and sanded until i got the correct fit. it makes all the difference in accuracy. .

Fiberglass bedding would work well, too.

 

[Cyrano]

Ahhhh...you killed it!! Your gun buying should be suspended!

No way to improve? Well for starters they could have made some left handed

They could also take off that recoil increaser at the muzzle and that recoil concentrator at the butt.

 

[LVSteve]

Fiberglass bedding would work well, too.

So does JB Weld according to the guys at The Box of Truth website.

 

[Faulkner]

I bought this Lee Enfield No4 MKII about 25 years ago, unfired and in the wrap. Took me several days to clean all the cosmoline out of it. This is one of the 'Irish finds" that was discovered unused in storage in the late '80's. Seems I paid $89.99 for it then.

 

[Frank46]

I have a couple of the enfields. Fazakerly 1949 MKI/2 and a Indian built #1MKIII in 7.62x51 nato. Lotta fun to shoot. My latest aquisition is a 1942 or 43 Longbranch which bubba chopped the wood and cut the barrel to 25" That one will get rebored to 375" and become the 37 rimmed. The 37 rimmedis nothing more than the standard 303 case necked up to take 375 diameter bullets. In my case 375 diameter cast bullets. I'll stick a set of iron sights or maybe a scope to see how well it shoots. Frank

 

[alwslate]

I've got a pretty decent 1941 Lithgow with an excellent bore that I
would part with if anyone was interested.

 

[Richard Simmons]

I bought this Lee Enfield No4 MKII about 25 years ago, unfired and in the wrap. Took me several days to clean all the cosmoline out of it. This is one of the 'Irish finds" that was discovered unused in storage in the late '80's. Seems I paid $89.99 for it then.

I had the same rifle only a previous owner had already cleaned it up. Beautiful stock and it shot great. At the time I paid $300 for it and sole it some years later for the same amount. I've run across a few since then that were still in the mummy wrap but passed on them. Wish now that I hadn't. Glad to see you still have yours.

 

[Stephanie B]

I bought this Lee Enfield No4 MKII about 25 years ago, unfired and in the wrap. Took me several days to clean all the cosmoline out of it. This is one of the 'Irish finds" that was discovered unused in storage in the late '80's. Seems I paid $89.99 for it then.

One like it went on GB the other day for $850 or so.

 

[Stephanie B]

I don't know for sure but my friend bought like 55-60 of these types of rifles. he is an FFL so if you would like to contact him PM me and I will get you his business number.

Ooops. Too late. This morning, I scratched the itch, so to speak.

Will post pics after it arrives.

 

[Faulkner]

One like it went on GB the other day for $850 or so.

Wow, maybe it's time for me to sell that puppy.

 

[eveled]

being a redneck in the south i had never heard that term either until a couple of years ago, a friend of mine from NY told me what it meant. it means wanting something real bad.

That is the gist of it, but it is more severe than just wanting something. It is closer to going through withdrawals. Like when an alcoholic gets the shakes, he is Jonesing for a drink.

 

[olskool]

i have heard for a long time the carbine kicking like a mule i have no idea where that comes from? mine dose not kick much harder than a 30-30 i like shooting it.

 

[Stephanie B]

Wow, maybe it's time for me to sell that puppy.

This was the auction:

Enfield Mark IV SMLE British .303 Ultra-clean LOOK : Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com

It went for just under half of the "buy it now" price.

 

[mrrick]

"Jonesing" was often used in the heroin addict culture.

 

[M1A]

This was the auction:

Enfield Mark IV SMLE British .303 Ultra-clean LOOK : Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com

It went for just under half of the "buy it now" price.

It sure looks to good to be true. Made in Fazakerley in 1955. Oil blackened finish. No stampings on the stock or receiver. Maybe sanded off stock. Maybe unissued. I would check it on the Enfield forum.

 

[Stephanie B]

It sure looks to good to be true. Made in Fazakerley in 1955. Oil blackened finish. No stampings on the stock or receiver. Maybe sanded off stock. Maybe unissued. I would check it on the Enfield forum.

I sure didn't buy it.

But I have an innate distrust of the online auctions. When the bids start to move a lot, I wonder whether or not there are one or two sock-puppets ratcheting up the price.

 

[Arik]

, I wonder whether or not there are one or two sock-puppets ratcheting up the price.

Most people don't bother bidding till the last minute. No point in bidding days before.

Also what may seem like a lot of bidding may just be the one bidder's price being bumped automatically when another person bids lower. For instance if the current amount is $25 I can bid $100 but it will only bump up the price to $30. If you bid $35 the system automatically bumps my price to $40. It will continue like that till you or someone beat my original $100 bid

 

[M1A]

If it is what they purport it to be. I'd pay the 800. But, I've never seen one so pristine and unstamped. Could be FTR'd, but not by the factory.

 

[Richard Simmons]

If it is what they purport it to be. I'd pay the 800. But, I've never seen one so pristine and unstamped. Could be FTR'd, but not by the factory.

I believe that's one of the Irish "Constabulary" models Faulkner has and I used to own. They were made to be issued in Ireland but instead were stored in wrap until surplused out.