- #LEE ENFIELD NO4 MK1 SERIAL NUMBERS LOCATION SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #LEE ENFIELD NO4 MK1 SERIAL NUMBERS LOCATION SERIAL NUMBER#
SARCO and SOG (among others) are also marketing these (or similar) rifles for comparable prices, again with fair-or at least technically honest-advertising. Navy Arms Company is making and selling a lot of these, and they usually describe them (albeit in the fine print) as "replicas" or "constructed of original No. The overwhelming majority of these “finds” are recently-made parts guns or replicas or recent aftermarket conversions of standard No. Nor are they long-lost “prototypes” that have suddenly surfaced. For the most part, though, they are not recently discovered “unissued” rifles, Many of these are quite handsome rifles with pretty decent workmanship and are probably worth the $125 to $150 that the major firearms distributors ask for them. Over the past several months, Enfield Rifle Research has received dozens of questionsĪbout the spate of "new" and "rare" Lee-Enfields that have been showing up lately at gun shows and in pawn shops. receivers or various parts carry the U.S Flaming Bomb ordnance proof as well.Replicas, and Fakes Lee-Enfield Modifications, Savage rifles are generally found to have a 2 groove barrel and all parts should be found with the square Savage S or standard S.
#LEE ENFIELD NO4 MK1 SERIAL NUMBERS LOCATION SERIAL NUMBERS#
Once the rifles entered England however the British still inspected them and marked them with a B beneath the serial numbers on the butt socket to indicate British standard of inspection and a pass based on same. the later Lend Lease agreement reduced the British conditions of control and payment as these were now considered direct British Contract. Many pre Lend Lease U.S No4's were rejected by the British Inspectorate for various reasons of standards. Britain placed another order for 720,000 No4 Mk1* rifles in June 1942 including bayonets to run concurrent with the original order. The first Savage Stevens No4 rifle was test fired on Friday, July 25th, 1941 at Chicopee Falls plant but the early rifles did not meet specifications and were sub standard - this was improved over time until production was at quality standard for export to Britain. Overall averaged output of Savage No4 rifles is placed at 1,196,706 and with 40,000 on lend lease to China. Savage only produced the receiver, barrel, bolt, trigger guard, bolt head and stock and the entire package was assembled at Savage by them. The first rifle contract was for 300,000 No4 rifles at a cost of $75 each and of the 96 parts required to complete the No4 rifle about 86 came from 30 parts sub contractors.
#LEE ENFIELD NO4 MK1 SERIAL NUMBERS LOCATION SERIAL NUMBER#
Late war Savage No4 Mk1* rifles are nearly always without a year of manufacture, based on serial number surveys these are estimated as 1944 production. Savage rifles are generally marked U.S Property on the left receiver face, serial number is located on the left butt socket wrist with a letter prefix of C included - for example 96CXXXX would be typical the C stands for Chicopee. Only the North American factories of Longbranch and Savage produced the No4 Mk1* rifle - when Savage closed its doors all spare parts were sent to Longbranch and it is due to this that some Longbranch No4's can be found with Savage marked parts. Very early North American production resulted in some No4 Mk1 rifles but the main body of output was the war expedient No4 Mk1* which made certain concessions to the No4 design such as the cut out in the receiver for modified bolt release vs the plunger styled bolt release of the typical No4 Mk1. Output from Savage began in late 1941 and lasted only 3 years compared to the Canadian Longbranch production which lasted into the 1950's.
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That rifle is a No.1 Mk1* produced by Savage, a highly collectible piece which would bring $600+ in original, unaltered condition.