Sept 1953 Fazakerley No4Mk2 (Uganda contract / block). The No4mk2 Rifle was the last battle rifle derivative developed on the Lee Enfield genre. Started towards the end of WW2 the design update was simple - arrange for the trigger to be hung directly on the receiver and not on the trigger guard 9with resultant tolerance stack up). This eased production and final finish / fit of the rifle and also allowed the trigger to be more positively controlled and so in turn increase t

Here we will explore manufacturer variations of the renown and longest continuous service battle rifles of the British Commonwealth Armies in one of its most distinctive marks - the No1 mk3 Lee Enfield SMLE in British 303. Ill add photo studies of example rifles, bayonets and other accessories and equipment. To start here is a component parts General Assembly tour video: Enfield started industrialized / toleranced manufacture with the 1850 design of the P53, standards set th

Sold April 2025 to a confidential private collection. Photos first - details and descriptions coming soon! I first met the Boys Anti-Tank rifle around 2008 as the center piece of the Seneca Arms display in the store near Green Lane - it had been there for years. The owner graciously offered to sell it to a local British reenacting unit to give it exercise and exposure to the public. I got the call and within a couple of hours I was taking home the largest caliber bolt actio

Sold in April 2025 to a confidential private collector. Picking up where the 1950's L8 project left off and re-using the 7.62x51mm NATO extractor and 10 Round Magazine developed for it - the L42 concept was to convert existing stocks of No4mk1T sniper to a platform that see out the latter half of the cold war from 1970 on. Civilian target shooting had demonstrated that a NATO converted No4 rifle could be precise and accurate so these learnings were rolled into the design. A

The discussion of rifle shooting competitors with the Lee Enfield models often focus on Bisely and contributions of Parker Hale, or Central of Australia, but Canada has quietly made significant contributions to the technology until the later parts of the 20th Century. Here we have a DCRA conversion to 7.62x51mm NATO based on a BSA FTR and converted (to mk2 trigger specification), wartime BSA rifle - that has had a very high level of gunsmith execution to deliver stage 2 resin

This example needs almost nothing - maybe a little help with the finish, the wood re-linseed treating and some screw tightening and...

The STEN need was determined by the British Government during the summer of 1940 - having lost a lot of men and material on the retreat and beaches of Dunkirk. The German forces at that time were observed to have more Full Automatic Small arms dispersed amongst every level of unit encountered. The US was selling as many of the Thomsons as could be agreed and produced - but theses were expensive - even after cost cutting and process simplification exercise waves - their supp

This rifle is part of the ArtioZen collection. An excellent condition 1970 L39 Target Rifle, designed and built in 7.62 x 51mm NATO. ...

This rifle was sold to a private collection October 2023 An excellent condition 1933 Ishapore (India) No1 Mk3 SMLE that was built to be a...

This rifle was sold to a private collection October 2023 A complete and original Australian Lithgow 1943 SMLE training rifle in .22...

This rifle and chest are part of the ArtioZen collection. The "scopeless" No4T rifles were a spare parts designation for future repair and replacement and were in place towards the end of WW2 and stockpiled for the start of the cold war. Most of this stockpiling was Hollands realizing that WW2 was drawing to a close wanted to produce as many converted rifles as possible before the agreement was dissolved (by date). In the last months of 1945 and 1946 they would try to empty

This rifle was sold to a private collection November 2019. A standard (complete) 1942 Longbranch Lee Enfield No4 Mk1* Rifle made for...

Sold to a private collection July 2021. This is nicely built and functioning Inglis made Bren Mk2 in British 303 and Semi-Auto form. A...

This rifle is in the ArtioZen collection. A No4Mk1 T Lee Enfield Sniper Replica / Reproduction based on a 1941 Longbranch - built for WW2 re-enactment. This rifle has been saved from a sticky end and properly built to British FTR instructions, using original processes and techniques. The 1941 Mk1 Longbranch base rifle has mismatched serial numbers on the action and bolt, but the bolt has been rebuilt to fit the rifle from NOS parts, including bolt head overwind and striker fa

#47C**** - 1943 Savage No4Mk1* #27C**** - 1943 Savage No4Mk1* #47C**** - Sold to a private collector Feb 2020. A really nice example of...

Sold to a private collector Feb 2020. A decent example of a 1948 produced No4Mk2 by Fazakerely UK (just outside of Liverpool, England)....

This rifle is part of the ArtioZen collection. The new No4 Mk1 rifle was barely in production for a couple of months after trials ended in 1941. Maltby was one of the first factories to start producing the new rifles and were set up on a dispersed contract system - where other some components would come in from other makers (Singer Machine etc.) then be inspected - having the characteristic round inspection stamps applied and then assembled at Maltby who had made the major r

This rifle is part of the ArtioZen collection and the scope and rifle numbers are matching throughout. 1943 brought the decision for Hollands to have only rifles selected for precision at BSA Shirley - previously taking source rifles from 4 factories at the start of the program had presented observed variation in execution which added time for conversion to the scoped standard - war production numbers were now the goal and the Shirley rifles were deemed the best for this. 19

With thanks to the private collection that allowed me to view, research and document this rifle and magazine (the magazine features in...