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    Posted: June 07 2020 at 1:23pm
he!!o,

  I just recently obtained a Lee-Enfield from my dad that he's had since the 1960's.  Since there wasn't a specific use for it, it pretty much sat in the gun cabinet for the last 60 years unused.  I've always thought it was cool, so the last time I was up I asked about it, so it will be a fun little side project.  My deer rifle is a Marlin .30-30 that I am very comfortable with and will not be replacing; this LE will be my project rifle as it has been sporterized.  I can see myself mounting accessories for coyote hunting, a bayonet mount for the fun of it, doing open sight plinking, a scope for elk hunting, etc.  I love the rear sight on this and will keep that functional, but I'm not sure about the front sight.  More on that later.



The following are the stampings I've deciphered, though there are some marks and symbols that I have no idea what they are.
Receiver:  No 4 M 1 F(FTR)4
1839
ENGLAND
Band:  B
  1942
  1839
Barrel:  F
   48
Front Sight:  38

The front sight is something I'm not sure about.  At some point it was dropped and it is tweaked to the left.  Is it original, and if not are there better options out there?  Since this is sporterized I do not feel obligated to keep this all original, but I'm not going to put some crappy AR-15 sight on it.  Ideally, the front sight would be able to work with the original rear sight out to 600 yards or something, since I really love the rear sight.




Also, this loop is just forward of the magazine.  What is it for?



I look forward to tinkering with this and having fun with something that's got history to it.  It certainly has a different feel than my Marlin lever action.  One was built to hunt game, the other built to hunt people.

Thanks,
Brian
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Welcome from Phoenix Arizona. You have a No4Mk1 Maltby made Enfield that went through a Factory Thorough Repair (FTR). The stock appears to have a homemade screw through it just above the trigger to hold the stock together in that area. The magazine is for a No1Mk111 and is incorrect for the No4.  The trigger guard is a stamped steel assembly made for the Long Branch Enfield rifle as well. The loop is a throwback to when Lee Enfield rifles had a magazine with a loop and chain that was linked to the rifle itself.  The front sight is not original and the barrel has been cut back beyond where the original sight and bayonet lugs existed.  It is my opinion that you leave the rifle the way it is and enjoy it as such...
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welcome to the forum from NC. 

If possible, please post photos of the stampings, this will assist others here to identify your rifle better.  You might be duly surprised and duly informed as to the history of your rifle.



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welcome , join right in , 
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Welcome from North Carolina!
Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.
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