lee enfield no4 mk1 matching serial numbers

I would suggest contacting The Royal Armouries or the lee Enfield Association.There is also a guy in new Zealand who is an oracle on all things Lee Enfield. The two grooves are easier to clean and parts for both are readily available. I would like to replace the stock/wood on one.to make it look ''like new'' for re-enactments and keep the original stock for Provenance etc.Problem is there are so many Indian un-issued wood sets around and the Canadian ones are like rocking horse sh*T Both have walnut stocks / wood and one has a matched bolt.sadly the one I got from franks doesn'tīoth stripped and cleaned and 1 to 2 inch groupings at 100yds after 20 minutes fettling. this was also an un-fired example but looked like it had been used for drill as the butt plate was a bit battered.

I have a couple of 5 groove no 4's ( both Long branch / Canadian Arsenal ) one of which I brought back personally from Italy 5 years ago - still in a wooden case ,wrapped in grease proof paper and cosmoline.A real find !! I had several 'two thoughts'' whether or not to use it - but the royal armouries have plenty in cases that people just look at and in the end rifles are meant to be used.The other I got from Henry Kranks in Leeds. The basis was '' its needs to kill, not bothered about what it looks like '' It has a low serial number and early production date for the rifle, but it has the Mk III scope on it, which was introduced in October of 1944, toward the later half of (T) production. The 2 groove barrelled were manufactured to speed up the process.They ''slimmed'' down the manufacturing process. By looking at the numbers and markings on the rifle we can see that it was manufactured in 1943 at the B.S.A.

Lee enfield no4 mk1 matching serial numbers