I won this 1943 T "sporter" configuration from an online auction - the 1943 models are a little more tricky to define as "real" and buyers don't often bid like they trust the markings or photographs. An interesting facet of this year of production is that BSA (Shirley - their rifle producing location) started the year using its traditional "B" makers mark, then received the "M47" war effort manufacturer designation and then added the factory designations "A-B-C" (C for Shirl

A brief discourse on the No4 Lee Enfield snipers rifle from the collectors perspective By Roger J. Payne and David R. Tomkinson (Text Published in Dispatches Edition # 6 August 1999) I was graciously given permission by the authors to reproduce their work here Thank you Roger! The armed forces of Gt. Britain and her commonwealth entered the Second World War equipped with the same sniping rifles with which they had finished the great War, some twenty one years earlier; namely

History of the bracket. Unconventional Rose Brothers example Serial numbers Identifying Original Bracket Forms Rose Bros bracket - 3D...