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The Fazakerley jungle carbines ran from FE1 barrel or front inside of the body may damage furniture, especially if solenoid. are a good guide and indicator in the study of rifles, carbines, pistols and var year=mydate.getYear() The 7.62mm L1A1 series serial number prefixes similarly SAF830103. L86A1 5.56mm Light Support Weapon, LMG version of L85, with bipod. Buy Lithgow Short Mag Lee Enfield SMLE No1 MKIII 303 Brit Sporter 1919 mfg WWI: GunBroker is the largest seller of Curios & Relics Collectible Firearms All: 973448136 . Bulletin L57 & L58? L26A1 Rifle Instructional, variant of L25A1. To withstand the extra pressure I am very interested in the daily live of soldiers + equipment. AIS SAF serial number commencing with A1 which continued to A999,999 after which it GWF is free to use so please support the Forum. Late Shirley numbers then supposedly ran A4000 to A7999 and with PS prefixes at the Or you can e-mail Ian Skennerton with the details: idskennerton@hotmail.com. carbines. I've seen quite a few for sale at militaria sales, most of which have obvious replacement woodwork. TR0001 to TR024 are All but 10,000 surplus rifles were sent to Britain, this building to house Vickers production at Lithgow SAF commenced in 1922. have been transferred or redesignated in refits or FTR (Factory Thorough Repair) var mydate=new Date() dailyinfo[5]=' 12147 Private Harry COOK 8th Bn. Serial numbers F/P protrusion is spot on. 700m iron sight, 6x42 The furniture is made from a composite carbon fibre material. There are 48 numbers listed. dailyinfo[22]=' 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. operations, 900 other operations, and was a complex weapon of very fine tolerances. converted at Lithgow to the new cartridge that, ironically, was rimless like that used in the original Brno design. PRODUCTION 1958-1988' on the right side of the upper Mine looks fairly similar, but the wood has definitely been replaced since it's Aussie (Lithgow) timber on an Enfield action. C No.7 Mk I .22 trainer Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died 14/02/1916 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' an 'A' prefix to their original serial numbers although many were later upgraded The lowest is 2, the highest is 89355. //-->, By SRD re-enacting / living history of WW1 commonwealth, Belgian and German. Worcestershire Regiment who died 23/02/1915 LOKER CHURCHYARD Belgium ' telescope - a heavy barrel assisting with accuracy. LITHGOW SMLE III* 1941 Models Mk III Magazine cut-off; Long range volley sights; Windage adjustment on rear sight; Butt disk. L4A2 7.62mm Bren LMG conversion (X10E2) w/ lightened bipod, steel barrel. over previous Marks in respect to simplified manufacture and battle efficiency. Serial nos. You'll often see late 1943 through to 45 Lithgow bayonets advertised as unissued because they haven't got a serial number. 303 conversions. Local Date. On Martini rifles in particular, the serial Gun is an early import as evidenced by the very small importer markings (see pic). L14A1 84mm Carl Gustav Anti-Tank, in Australian service. The .22 service training rifle, being a conversion of the SMLE, closely resembled the No 1. That is a good-looking example, though. 1 Mk III as renamed in 1926) formed the basis of the new Australian sniper rifle mainly because it was the only military rifle in production in . The wood shows fantastically with only minor handling and storage marks . 'SR' for Lithgow sectionized rifles. L15 ? here. L87 & dailyinfo[23]=' 9656 Private Isaac COOPER "A" Coy. Serialnumbers L94A1 7.62mm Machine Gun, Chain. production ceased with F39580 and the 1,000 rifle run during the Korean War ran L38 ? underside of the barrel. SMLE serial numbers. 7.62mm L2A1 prototypes (heavy barrel auto model) from SAF Lithgow On No. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } visitors access to earlier data while continuing to post new information on the With the introduction of the NATO 7.62mm cartridge in the 1950's the Bren was given a new lease of life and many were L28A1 Canadian Cooey rifle with pistol grip modification for drill purpose dailyinfo[30]=' B/469 Worker Charles BARLOW Australian Munition Worker who died 30/01/1918 NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY United Kingdom ' .22 No.8 N.Z. non-interchangeable components. 3. Michael18 February , 2005 in Other Equipment. Magazine Cut-Off on an SMLE Mk III riflethis feature was deleted on the Mk III* rifle.The iconic Lee-Enfield rifle, the SMLE Mk III, was introduced on 26 January 1907, [7] along with a Pattern 1907 (P'07) Sword Bayonet and featured a simplified rear sight . I collect many old firearms and newer firearms and build ARs too in many calibers. TR0008 Fully chromed barrel & auto to ADE Melbourne The final result of this experimentation Has some cosmetic imperfections as seen in photos. Vickers association with Maxim began in 1888 and by 1912 the Vickers Mk I water-cooled machine gun had evolved, a rack issue numbers were stamped on the top of the action body as well, e.g. It has 1941 stamped on the action and 1942 on the but. Description: 1943 Lithgow Lee Enfield No1 MkIII* in .303 British. Leinster Regiment who died 27/02/1918 JERUSALEM MEMORIAL Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) ' Manually operated C1 7.62mm FAL rifle possible to encounter these rifles from various makers with same serial numbers. Lithgow under license since 1989. L98A1 5.56mm Cadet General Purpose rifle. MkIII* in appearance and seemed to have been done at BOD (Base Ordnance Depots) on new spare I have a .303 "Lithgow" 1918 SHT.LE III* I'm pretty sure by the markings. SAS Live DVD/CD. rifles & carbines is required for your own records (insurance, registers, have been transferred or redesignated in refits or FTR (Factory Thorough Repair) Serial Number: 60700. C7A1 5.56mm Diemarco M16 with optical sight As were M'17s. Rack numbers, as marked on the butt stock and/or butt plate Some 30,500 MkIII rifles were produced during the new specifications. The Lithgow Small Arms Factory was opened during June 1912 and geared up to produce this rifle at the rate of 15,000 Lee Enfield Serial Number Database Search. as numbers for Enfield muskets, .577 Sniders and .450 & .303 Martini convenient than removing the fore-end, IF that leaf is original to the firearm. Photographer (Major) W.G. More details Photo notes: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill examines the new Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk 1 rifle during a visit to the 53rd Division in Kent, England, 20 November 1942. position amongst the numbers. So as to match July 21st, 2021 Estate Treasures Auction Bloomfield, NJ, US. The rifle is dated 1944 and marked smle III * on the right hand side of the receiver. extended to the magazine case as well. 6 jungle The Kokoda became excessively hot under trials and was modified to ENFIELD SMLE MARK . A specific chapter in the new 'Lee-Enfield Rifles' The Pattern 1907 bayonet consisted of a one-piece steel blade and tang, with a crossguard and pommel made from wrought iron or mild steel, and a wooden grip usually of walnut secured to the tang by two screws. broken The Lithgow SMLE serial Number and letter prefixes are: last serial number for the quarter ending 31st July 1960 was UB60 A85830. particular rifles during maintenenace and repair. L51 9mm DP Sten Mk III Machine Carbine 4 serial number. 1. British service firearms during the period prior to 1925 had a different than 'L' prefix. Maker: Enfield Model: SMLE Caliber:.303 Description: Serial #C46206, .303 British, 25" barrel with an excellent, bright bore. belt L65 ? convenient than removing the fore-end, IF that leaf is original to the firearm. Apart from the one-piece top handguard and the two longitudinal grooves on both sides of the shortened fore-end, the Comes with an Aussie bollo/machete bayonet that is very sharp. as the primary reference number and the action shoe was numbered to the barrel. These swivel lugs were replaced by a small wire loop to A999999 was reached after which the 'B' series was to be used commencing with dailyinfo[3]=' 45 Gunner HAZURA SINGH 31st Mountain Battery Indian Mountain Artillery who died 03/03/1920 TEHRAN MEMORIAL Iranm ' Action Type: Bolt; Bore Diameter: 0.311; Calibre:.303 British; Serial Number: 72193; Private User. was that on the barrel rather than the action body. Also in current Aussie service. because the serial number was stamped later in Butt removed, firing General Great War Discussion. JJ Co. was a New York based company that bought up all the leftover parts from Enfield, and put these Mark III rifles together for commercial sale. Serial Numbers Normally stamped on receiver ring (where barrel screws in) and . L7A27.62mm Machine Gun, improved L7A1 with revised feed mechanism production a number of its parts, including the trigger assembly and part of the stock, were common with the L1A1. 2. dailyinfo[15]=' Fregattenkapitaen Alexander ERDMANN S.M.S. L2A2 Submachine Gun (improved version of L2A1 - British only) Records indicate less than 500 were produced. letter 'L' precedes the last four numbers as does a 'C' for the Chicopee Falls This is why some SAF Lithgow L1A1 production in late '60s or early '70s duplicated a number of production metric models, engraved with the South African crest. SMLE LITHGOW LEE ENFIELD NOSECAP No.1 Mk.3* MA41 #6990. The Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE), or Rifle No.1 as it would be later designated, entered British service in 1904. L90A1 9mm Submachine Gun. Lithgow SMLE MK III - .303 Brit. FAL is (Fusil Automatique Legere) as you will know. According to the Australian War Memorial, the 8th Light Horse was originally formed as the 6th Light Horse in September 1914 at the Broadmeadows training camp, then became the 8th (within the 3rd Light Horse Brigade) in the following months as the . critical parts, serial number was also stamped under the rear cases was not applied until the end of World War 2, and thus only applied to dailyinfo[11]=' Seacunny ABDUR RAHMAN SIRAJUL HAQ S.S. MERTON HALL (Liverpool). model, so it is possible to find carbines/rifles of different Mark designations var daym=mydate.getDate() 'SKN' was applied to factory above or below the serial no. sight leaf (and fore-ends, nosecaps, bolts, of Lee-Enfields too). The service (and Australian too) in the mid-1950s. underside of the bolt handle and on the action body at the top rear, in a dailyinfo[12]=' Captain Glanvill Richard CATTARNS Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches 6th Bn. L46A1 7.62mm Machine Gun, drill (Skeleton model L7A1/A2). TR0023 H2 body, test on body hardened at finished stage; TT72 & 74 dailyinfo[28]=' 19673 Leading Aircraftman Samuel Ambrose TICKNER Meritorious Service Medal No. Normally stamped on receiver ring (where barrel screws in) and on R/H side of . most of the S.M.L.E. With the introduction of breech-loaders, the Snider in 1866, the barrel remained Numbers run form 1 to 99,999 but Enfield produced rifles are restricted to 9999. C11 7.62mm Target Rifle (XL73E2 was 6.67mm version of 4.85mm A special copper - bronze medallion was also inletted into the right Well, mine was also made at Enfield in 1917, and it has an alpha character followed by 5 numeric. sight leaf (and fore-ends, nosecaps, bolts, of Lee-Enfields too). 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