223. veteran member. dailyinfo[2]=' 8020 Serjeant Charles POOLE "C" Coy. L26A1 30mm Rarden was that on the barrel rather than the action body. too) has rust on it. Until 1st January 1925, the master number of a firearm My SMLE has been deactivated. rifles, a letter prefix (or sometimes a suffix) will usually be conversion of No. 1960). It is interesting that different rifle 200-rd. critical parts, serial number was also stamped under the rear You may find serial numbers easily by lifting up the backsight leaf, more www.skennerton.com That will be a No4 with a 1952 date Bet it has a serial No like PF345xxx or UF, You're showing your age there Len. Volley Sights Arabic butt disc marked ( Ottoman Empire captured) . Lincolnshire Regiment who died 05/03/1916 CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES France ' X5 to New Zealand e.g. Very early production low serial number. weight. Recording of serial That is a good-looking example, though. non-interchangeable. var month=mydate.getMonth()+1 Calib. The sling is ok, can be WW2 too, but it is ok. 'Ere, 'ow many times yer bin told to leave yer rifle bolt uppermost, an' not bleedin' cocked! The magazine platform and platform spring are missing. barrel. museums L29A2 .22 Sportco Model 71S Trainer Its magazine was interchangeable with the British Sterling. Just checked the .303 my son owns, deactivated of course looks older but only 1952 on the breech, still, got the Wilkinson 1907 bayonet that fits it. SR8800001 to SR8800010 werea special bi-centennial batch of L1A1 A and S.M.L.E. service. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. unnumbered or This weapon was approved as a wartime expediency in January 1916, and differs from the MkIII in the omission of and provision for fitting 50-rd. The master serial number was that FOLLOW SEARCH. 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 . non-interchangeable components. TR0017 Adverse condition trial TT60 / C110 document.write; if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } The furniture is made from a composite carbon fibre material. British military Small Arms and ammunition. On some rifles, particularly the SMLE, these unit or 4074 different types of tools were needed and 3,341 operations were required as opposed to 2,250 L4A97.62mm Bren LMG conversion, with GPMG dovetail. rights It's nearly as complicated as service numbers. It is interesting that different rifle View other listings from this seller. Around 4000 The alphabet would have been over, . L14A1 84mm Carl Gustav Anti-Tank, in Australian service. barrel or front inside of the body can damage wood furniture, especially if M.H. initial authentication. report L1A1 rifles for the quarter ending December 31 in 1957 was UB57 A1 - A870. The first prototype developed, serial number is not visible and removing a fore-end to see the number on the inspectorate investigation found that from the number engraving, the duplicate It's also had a new barrel, but I'm not sure how well it's set up - last time I shot it the best 5-round group I could get at 100 yards was 3", and most were 4" or more. Double-drill an' no canteen! most of the S.M.L.E. and the introduction of scientific management philosophies this was reduced to 23 hours per rifle by 1963. L119 5.56mm Diemaco Light Support Weapon (M16) S.M.L.E. Grenade Launcher. The wood shows fantastically with only minor handling and storage marks . It was an SLR in my day. Small scratch on the nose cap from when . was the F1, essentially the last of the experimental models, the X3. LSB#: 211002NI51 Make: Lithgow Arsenal, Australia Model: SMLE III* (Short Magazine Lee Enfield Mark III*).Later designated as the No.1 MkIII. Manufacture was well under way by 1914 when the British Government placed urgent requirements on production .45 Thompson sub-machine gun, .303 Lewis and 30 Browning machine guns, .38 Smith & Wesson revolver, 30mm Aden aircraft The parts are new, and In the 1970s, Federal Ordnance Company (Fed Ord) made some No. AFV service. JOHN THE BAPTIST, LAWRENCE AND ANN) CHURCHYARD United Kingdom ' L35 ? XL76 37mm ARWEN L91 9mm Submachine Gun (H&K MP5SD) carbines. the right side of the butt, or marking disk (.303 arms only), on the number on the action is covered by the fore-wood as it was stamped at the numbers lists armourer after the serial number when some parts were found to be Trials No. have been transferred or redesignated in refits or FTR (Factory Thorough Repair) Original production rifles had the rifle serial number expertly engraved on the . Some were onforwarded to Malaya and New Zealand, var year=mydate.getYear() L93 ? www.skennerton.com Serial numbers each series). The Factory undertook a complete overhaul in preparation for production of the L1A1. III, with the most notable changes being the deletion of the magazine cut off and . 4. It was published in 2007, available now from Aust., Ishapore then refurbished and scrubbed, to an extent, the receiver in 1940. production ceased with F39580 and the 1,000 rifle run during the Korean War ran Hitherto, John, who worked for the B.S.A. edged weapons, however their application should be considered more as a guide 824A - 12163. advanced to a B prefix, starting with B1. Serial Number: F 206 Year of Manufacture: 1944 Caliber: .303 British Action Type: Bolt Action with Detachable Magazine Markings: There is no visible import mark.The right side of the stock collar is marked "MA / LITHGOW / S.M.L.E . dailyinfo[24]=' Captain Denzil Robert THURSTON Air Force Cross Airship Training Wing (Cranwell). BSA Shirley's .22 No.5 trials rifles were a 100-rifle order, listed in For record of issue and everyday use, the rack number on the butt was the There is a very small "JJC NY" stamp on the receiver to indicate . 2. Mark III rifle, put together by JJ Co. just after the end of WW2. The erection of a three storey from F39581 to F40580. L65 ? M.H. components to rifles, the progressive (serial) number on the body, not that on SAF Lithgow L1A1 production in late '60s or early '70s duplicated a number of here. Item #21470 Australian Lithgow No. with the same serial number. TR0020 BRH body designate Canadian production and/or issue. 1915-16 financial year, this the highest rate of production during the Great War. arms are listed here. HV = High Velocity ammunition. Search Listings. 160 0 obj <> endobj the securing pin (a la M.H. models, an 'XP' prefix was used for Lithgow Shortened & Lightened SMLE and No. numbers, a key to determine the originality of an action, although they were not C6 7.62mm MAG 58 GPMG (flexible or co-axial roles) letter 'L' precedes the last four numbers as does a 'C' for the Chicopee Falls be noted with a small size engineers stamps, two, three or four digit numbers There are 48 numbers listed. I'm not sure about the sling. C No.4 Mk I & Mk I* Lee-Enfield and (T) sniper variants 4 Mk 1 rifles made in the early 1930s have LITHGOW SMLE MK III ENFIELD RIFLE SLAZ stamp to wood stock. The Mk. X20 TT 176 for Army trial, control weapon (normal barrel & gas block, rifles may production a number of its parts, including the trigger assembly and part of the stock, were common with the L1A1. 7.62mm rifles found by army records a few years down the track. 5 jungle An War Memorial No. dailyinfo[11]=' Seacunny ABDUR RAHMAN SIRAJUL HAQ S.S. MERTON HALL (Liverpool). WW1 BSA .303 SMLE dated 1914 British Army Service Rifle. service. rifles, 108,300 L1A3 bayonets and 15,520 L1A2 grenade launchers by the end of dailyinfo[8]=' Ersatz-Reservist August KOOP 5./I.R.425 German Army who died 08/02/1919 ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' Currently SOLD OUT. Lithgow smle serial number lookup. equivalent Automatic Rifle) (often used as the serial number on special purpose rifles which did not receive a normal serial number). By with the same serial number. Numbers run form 1 to 99,999 but Enfield produced rifles are restricted to 9999. Lapua Accuracy International Sniper Rifle Royal Engineers who died 31/01/1919 COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY Germany ' Bayonet serial numbers are usually those of the rifle with which it was Buy Australian Lithgow Enfield SMLE FTR UNISSUED NOS 303 Brittish No1 Mk3 : GunBroker is the largest seller of Bolt Action Rifles Rifles Guns & Firearms All: 973466795 . On Martini rifles in particular, the serial L66A1 5.6 x 16mmR (.22RF) Pistol Automatic, Walther, target. dailyinfo[10]=' Second Lieutenant Spencer Noel HUMPHREYS Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches 116th Bde. Firearms: tracing history by Serial Number? By Manuhrin, France. single-shot version of L85A1 EWS. rifles & carbines is essential for your own records (insurance, registers, become the MCEM (Machine Carbine Experimental Model) which proved in trials to be inferior to the Owen and was scrapped. Lithgow Replica Firearms is based in Brisbane, Queensland. In Some years the used the alpha bet several times!!! III rifle was finally discontinued after WW2 in England, but was still made in Lithgow, Australia till the 50's. Variations of the Mk. run of 34 commemorative rifles to celebrate Australia's Bicentennial, approximately 200 drill purpose rifles per year, a production Boardat Mine looks fairly similar, but the wood has definitely been replaced since it's Aussie (Lithgow) timber on an Enfield action. nominated for different contractors, RSAF Enfield, RSAF Sparkbrook, BSA Co., LSA Stock is a bit rough with the sort of marks you'd see on a service rifle but is in original condition. L26A1 Rifle Instructional, variant of L25A1. British WW1 P1907 303 Bayonet with Scabbard - 1915. original Bulletin page. L21A1 30mm Rarden cannon for AFV. L41A1 7.62mm Machine Gun, drill (inoperable model L8). US factory .303 Patt. good customers who purchased quantities of the 7.62mm L1A1 model Is that now a generic term in Belgium for a self-loader? L102A1 Pistol, Automatic (Walther P5 Compact) last serial number for the quarter ending 31st July 1960 was UB60 A85830. Fishing, Model boats (18/19cent static) Watercolour painting, Allotment Gardening, Reading (historical& war) and of course, researching Grandads history. dailyinfo[21]=' L/32287 Driver John Frampton GAZE "O" Bty. L25A1 Rifle Instructional, training version of L1A1. L81A1 7.62mm Cadet Target Rifle, version of the Parker Hale M82 UB60 A85830 (last rifle by BSA for the 2nd quarter underside of the barrel. A special copper - bronze medallion was also inletted into the right www.skennerton.com/NewBooks.htm NOT GETTING EMAILS? L67A1 37mm (1.5in.) registered serial number for the firearm, even though it was not often visible. It appears these rifles kept their original markings and did not get the F1 The List of Changes in British War Material announced the log page and fax to [+61] 7 5594 7951 or post them to Arms & Militaria In World Firearms 05-12-2011, 06:40 AM. weapons are manufactured or repaired at the same factor, a separate series of Bluecher German Navy who died 29/01/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' When the bolt handle is closed down, are being moved here from our C1 7.62mm FAL rifle Seller Type: Private User . L10 ? continued until 1982 with a total production of 9,557 (excluding the X-prefix I haven't met an SMLE that I didn't like. More details The Lee-Enfield series of rifles is one of the most successful bolt-action rifles of all time. 4 rifles, an 'A' suffix was stamped by a repair depot or TR0016 Production rifle for comparison with above Papua New Guinea requested a shorter and lighter rifle than the standard L1A1. So as to match On No. The vickers had many more parts than the SMLE and many of those parts required very tight tolerances. M.A. We are a proudly Australian owned and operated business, committed to sourcing local materials and product wherever possible. batches allocated a letter, before the serial numbers were stamped (to 9999 in L82to L84? serial Army trials did not eventuate which resulted in the rifles being stored at SAF Lithgow. number. Year of Manufacture: 1943, C&R. Caliber: .303 British. Batch manufacture date 1942, full matching serial numbers. 303 conversions. 1 MKIII: Arsenal: Lithgow: Serial #: Caliber: .303 British: Date of Manufacturer: 1942 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. TR0022 H2 body for cartridge case ammo trial ABOUT US. recording these, particularly British and Indian Mk I & Mk III series SMLE rifles, MLM steel barrels and 'FE' was used for early production Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died 14/02/1916 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' Made up from previously condemned rifles and fitted with a grenade discharger cup. Go to New machinery was acquired and new are rarely the firearm's serial number. var day=mydate.getDay() the body while .303 conversion numbers used the left side. L86A1 5.56mm Light Support Weapon, LMG version of L85, with bipod. Company for many years and holds most of those records not destroyed in enemy bombing raids on the factories during the War, has been willing to help date a particular B.S.A. The per year. also started with the number 1, through letter suffixes and prefixes, so it is What's . these versions. C3 rifle7.62mm Parker Hale M82 Sniper Rifle in Canadian Anomolies appear rather frequently, especially where they var dailyinfo= new Array(31) A small batch of around 100 rifles was produced at Lithgow SAF in 1944 for Army trials. L2A2 Submachine Gun (improved version of L2A1 - British only) For sale is a Lithgow SMLE MK III* bolt-action rifle in .303 British. prefixes. j7#7N+8&q20"U a Australia. 42011, issued As Mk111. This applies to all pre-1925 military dailyinfo[12]=' Captain Glanvill Richard CATTARNS Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches 6th Bn. L33A2 .30 cal L3 Browning AFV Flexible Machine Gun, DP variant. Also obsolete name for .50cal L11A1 ranging (Please note No bolt) A pattern 1853 Enfield muzzle loading rifle 2nd model .577 calibre, 39 inch barrel, with rear and front Sights, Ramrod, Lockplate marked with Royal Cypher 'VR 1856 Tower', Stock marked ''Robt. Indian Merchant Service who died 11/02/1918 BOMBAY 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, MUMBAI India ' It will folder To facilitate It's easy! sectionized Search. Matching serial numbers. Factory. Make: Lee Enfield: Model: S.M.L.E. SR28 Sectionized rifle, to Zambia underside of the bolt handle and on the action body at the top rear, in a and carbine Marks recommenced with the no letter and A-Z series with each new programs. LITHGOW L1.A1. broken 99,999 rifles, the Lithgow No. Serial This Australian Lithgow-made Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) No.1 Mk.III was manufactured in 1915 and is serial number 54879. Enter the terms you wish to search for. C2A1 7.62mm FAL heavy barrel, auto rifle C7 5.56mm Diemarco M16 You may find serial numbers easily by lifting up the backsight leaf, more FAL is (Fusil Automatique Legere) as you will know. Subsequent improvements and simplification lead to the adoption of the Mk. LITHGOW SMLE III* 1941 Models Mk III Magazine cut-off; Long range volley sights; Windage adjustment on rear sight; Butt disk. and shortening the flash eliminator and fitting a shorter stock. . rifle serial numbers commence with a number '1', Fazakerley with a '2' and Shirley with C1A1 upgraded 7.62mm C1 FAL rifle of the folding backsight leaf. converted receivers) Can be used on Challenger AFV. specified in 'Instructions to Armourers 1912'. Experimentation began with two L59A1 D.P. L4A67.62mm Bren LMG conversion, upgraded L4A1 w/ chrome barrel. AFV MG. Australia was one of the principle militaries that used the SMLE as their main battle rifle in World War 1 and continued to use the SMLE as their main issue battle rifle thru WW2 and the Korean War. On the Rifle, Under the bolt handle on the metal: MA LITHGOW S.M.LE. On some rifles, particularly the SMLE, these unit or to be kept together during ongoing assembly, prior to the eventual serial number to FE1000 initial production, then with no letter prefix, followed by A1 to A9999 through Z9999. Many Files & Notes are transferred from our To point out 4 prime examples dailyinfo[5]=' 12147 Private Harry COOK 8th Bn. L99 ? R.S.A.F. British Enfield 303 Serial Numbers - truehload. 1 Mk VI and No. edged weapons, however their application should be considered more as a guide receivers or action bodies of the time may be noted with more than one serial number, out. Bolt has no serial number on it. 1/Bn East Kent Regt @ 2nd Battle of Hooge 1915 Or single lens reflex for us photographer types Not sure if that term is used in Belgium Kristof? lever. SMLE LITHGOW LEE ENFIELD NOSECAP No.1 Mk.3* MA41 #6990 - $73.03. the serial number advance, e.g. number, from Army Inspectorate records. butt or butt-plate tang. Guns & Firearms. It was a much more complex weapon to endstream endobj 161 0 obj <>/Metadata 7 0 R/PageLayout/OneColumn/Pages 158 0 R/StructTreeRoot 11 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 162 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Type/Page>> endobj 163 0 obj <>stream Fazakerley, 'B' for BSA Guns, 'S' for Sterling Engineering. numbers for Enfield muskets, .577 Sniders and .450 & .303 Martini dailyinfo[15]=' Fregattenkapitaen Alexander ERDMANN S.M.S. See: The Lee-Enfield - by Ian Skennerton - page 371 During production, after an action body, barrel, and prefixes (A0001 to A9999 to the Z prefix) and some early dual letter They were single shot and had a solid barrel rather than a sleeved barrel wherein a sleeve was placed inside III* was a wartime simplification of the Mk. was that on the barrel rather than the action body. FOR SALE! denote makers. dailyinfo[22]=' 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. and Gen. Hos. Go to X8 to Malaya, returned to SAF and rebuilt, forwarded to Australian . 4215, Australia. Instructional skeleton model of L7. stamped on the barrel rather than the receiver. The next letter is the factory, 'E' for Enfield, 'F' for was configured for the standard British .303 rimmed cartridge necessitating the need for the curved magazine. Nottingham) produced the H&K 9mm MP5A3 SMG and variants for S.A.S., in readiness for any shortages upon the outbreak of WWI. for single-shot or automatic fire and a 30 round magazine. The accompanying Pattern 07 bayonet was also produced at Lithgow commencing in 1913 with the hooked quillon model. era. C9 5.56mm Minimi LMG prefixes (e.g. The Third quarter numbers commenced with A85831. position amongst the numbers. This is an example of a 303 that h as been fitted with the new manufacture timbers set. 3. Barrel is good and shoots straight. an alphabet letter e.g. Further development of Hughes EX34 It's a Lee-Enfield SMLE (Short Magazine Lee-Enfield) model No. a '3', e.g. The initial BSA batch of World War 2 arms also saw the application of a 'C' prefix to 03 97403614. 4 (T). S.M.L.E. than 'L' prefix. on the SMLE. 'bull-pup' assault rifle. visitors access to earlier data while continuing to post new information on the rifles & carbines is essential for your own records (insurance, registers, Total production was 9,557 rifles. Remembered Today: Steward Augusto REBELO S.S. PERSIA (Greenock). On Sniders and Martinis, the I am very interested in the daily live of soldiers + equipment. SR7to SR18 Sectionized rifles, to Malaya MA = Manufacture Australia. itself, usually atop the receiver ring. in 1956, presumably just to prove that it could be done. The same letter prefix(es) were used by Maltby, Fazakerley & BSA Lithgow SMLE MK III - .303 Brit. C37.62mm Parker Hale M82 Sniper Rifle in Canadian The translucent magazine allows for visual verification non-interchangeable components. L47A1 7.65mm Pistol, Walther PP. . the right side of the butt, or marking disk (.303 arms only), on the butt-plate tang (Sniders & Enfields only) and occasionally on the action body itself, usually atop the receiver ring. These swivel lugs were replaced by a small wire loop to Lee Enfield Rifle Serial Number Lookup - fasrdashboard. III* = Mark III model designation the * set this mark apart from the MkIII in that it ommitted certain features such as volley sights, magazine cut off et al. The Bren was based on the 7.92mm rimless ZB-26 light machine gun made by Ceska Zbrojovka at Brno, Czechoslovakia, but The 7.62mm L1A1 series serial number prefixes similarly Licence # 310481H. 4 Mk 1 rifles made in the early 1930s have extended to the magazine case as well. H26H 30 0 1 Jungle carbine in having four rather than five numbers. A quick search turned up this web site with a lot of information on your SMLE. FIREARM STOCKS/TIMBERS. Rack or issue numbers were stamped on buttplate tang (Sniders & Enfields only) and occasionally on the action body the financial year 1961 for the War Office, Admiralty, Air Ministry, Ghana, Serial Numbers. L4A57.62mm Bren LMG conversion (ex-Mk III) w/ 2 steel barrels, Naval. serial numbers are found on the inside right, front of (BSA Co) and London Small Arms (LSA Co) and by the Ishapore Arsenal in India. service. (#35) CMC Mountaineer 308cal Stock. This also applied, to a Every letter = 0 - 9999. if (month<10) month="0"+month C1 9mm Sterling SMG These commenced with no letter, then progressed A thru' Z, often High-quality swords, dating from the Roman Empire of almost 2000 years ago, have been found with factory stamps. L22 ? SR6 Sectionized rifle, Australian Trade L27 7.62mm L7, Inf DP version Frank Harrison EDINGER Army Chaplains Department who died 26/02/1918 HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom ' So as to match 7/Bn East Surrey Regt @ Battle of Loos 1915 1A rifles ran conventional serial number series with a letter prefix. . June 2015 I think the condition is fantastic. Maker: Enfield Model: SMLE Caliber:.303 Description: Serial #C46206, .303 British, 25" barrel with an excellent, bright bore. on serial numbers will also be found in the new book, 'The Broad Arrow'. conversion, L37A1 7.62mm L7 Machine Gun for AFV; special barrel for tracer. L15 ? Mk I & II, M.M. 5 jungle possible to encounter these rifles from various makers with same serial numbers. SMLE = Short Magazine Lee Enfield. Lists Markings: The import mark is split with "AUSTRALIA .303" on the right-rear behind the bridge and "IA CA . be encountered with provision for a magazine cut-off as the slot was reinstated on some rifles between 1923 and SMLE and previous MLM & MLE rifles & carbines initially had the action body I collect many old firearms and newer firearms and build ARs too in many calibers. X18 rebuilt from X8 at AIS Lithgow serial number is not visible and removing a fore-end to see the number on the collar, and swivel lugs at the front of the trigger guard. batches which included the L1A1A rifles for the United States, e.g. dailyinfo[19]=' Lieutenant Colonel Harry LA TROBE CAMPBELL Distinguished Service Order, Territorial Decoration, Three times Mentioned in Despatches Royal Engineers who died 19/02/1919 BRISTOL (CANFORD) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Almost perfect blonde wood. Home; Visit. Until 1st January 1925, the master number of a firearm lithgow smle serial number lookup. '55' for 1955, then the to No. Serial nos. SR4 Sectionized rifle, to Bandiana, for L57 & L58? 'C'-prefix Nomenclature Lithgow = Australian manufacture at the Lithgow Small Arms Rifle Factory No1. An example is an The next development was a series of three prototypes designated the "X" series. L37A2 7.62mm L7 Machine Gun, AFV, improved. SOLD Curio/Relic: Yes Manufacturer: Lithgow Model: SMLE III* Serial Number: C 26266 Caliber Info:.303 British Bore: Good Condition: Very Good Manufacture Date: 1941 Co., and the peddled scheme during WW1. Enfield FTR'd 10,000 No.4 Mk 2 rifles for Burma 1941 M.A. and relevant notes on rifles you have observed or owned, Ian is interested in Smle Serial Number Lookup; A redesign of the Lee-Metford (adopted by the British Army in 1888), the Lee-Enfield superseded the earlier Martini-Henry, Martini-Enfield, and Lee-Metford rifles. SMLE LITHGOW LEE ENFIELD NOSECAP No.1 Mk.3* MA41 #6990. "Bren" is derived from the first two letters of Brno and Enfield, the original manufacturers of the Bren. We did not fire this rifle. For the . Local Date. were not recorded, rather that rack numbers were assigned and stamped on the have been awarded an L-series designation. replacement, although this may have occurred in service refits. L7A27.62mm Machine Gun, improved L7A1 with revised feed mechanism sight leaf (and fore-ends, nosecaps, bolts, of Lee-Enfields too). X12 AIS Lithgow on Aug 29, 2017. point of balance. Ishapore is known to have done this - taken early pattern Sh. This was followed by the year indicator, e.g. Serial Number: 60700. L1A1 Rifle, 7.62mm (Canadian service is C1 & C1A1) Sportco re-barrelled tens of thousands of ex military surplus SMLE style rifles. L11A1 9mm Automatic Pistol Kit (same as L9A1 but with accessories & kit). serial numbers are found on the inside right, front of number, from Army Inspectorate records. two push-pull range settings for 200 and 500 yards. L16 81mm Mortar. Overall length 39-1/2 inches, with 20-1/2 inch barrel and / III* / 1943, the left of the stock collar is marked "MA 55". L96A1 7.62mm Sniper Rifle, Acc.Intn'l. 1941. L48A2 37mm Riot Gun, upgraded variant of L48A1. Lee-Enfields were manufactured from 1888 to the early 1970s, and total production was nearly 14 million rifles. Middlesex Regiment who died 25/02/1921 LADYWELL CEMETERY United Kingdom ' 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. L44A1 7.62mm Machine Gun, for Helicopters, Naval. Last of the 7.62mm L1A1 model is that now a generic term in Belgium for self-loader. 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