SMG65 Posted 16 March , 2014 Share Posted 16 March , 2014 A friend of mine has a Lee Enfield pre the SMLE. The number on it is 10246 Can anyone give me any information on it or date range? Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 16 March , 2014 Share Posted 16 March , 2014 Does it have a prefix letter?I will also need to know the manufacturer. When you say pre the SMLE do you mean it is a Magazine Lee Enfield? (aka Long or Charger Loading Lee-Enfield) The quickest way to tell the date would be to look on the wrist as it will be stamped there! The usual arrangement looks like this: (This is an SMLE) Royal Cypher (this one is E for Edward) over Manufacturer (this one is BSA) over Year (this one is 1907) over Model (This is a Sht LE MkIII) Very little can be told about an individual rifle's service history without full provenance which is almost never available. If your friends rifle does not have this form of marking it is probably a commercial variant but even those usually have a maker (eg BSA Co) stamped there This is an MLE wrist and this is a commercial rifle (but one which saw NZ service) Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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