Help Sought with L.E.I Markings.
A friend of mine in British Columbia recently came by this 1896-dated Lee Enfield (a carbine, I think). He is a little confused over the barrel markings & was hoping for some help in translation,...
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Poms, in haste and off the top of my head; Its my recollection that the C/I/B is not a WD acceptance or inspection mark indicating service use, but the inspection mark for a civilian rifle to be...
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Not a carbine,carbines were marked on the left side of the socket
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Charlie, I should have figured that one out as I have the same stamp on my Thomas Turner M-H volunteer pattern rifle. Herbert, that's what I thought, too, just going from memory as to what the owner...
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The serial number on the receiver indicates that this rifle was/is one of the 40,000 MLEs bought by the Canadian Govt in 1896.The barrel is a replacement, taken from another rifle, a commercial rifle...
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