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Not reproductions.

Well sure as hell they aren't originals either.

If they aren't marked as what they are and all that is left is the original receiver markings plus proof then they can be mistaken at a later date for genuine build of the period.

My view is that a responsible gunsmith would discretely mark them as what they are to save grief down the road.

I'm glad that people are making the reproductions (sorry but that is what I see them as albeit with some original parts) as it allows people to shoot Enfields, but originals they are not and should be marked as 21st century rebuilds with new parts.

dromia wrote:I'm glad that people are making the reproductions (sorry but that is what I see them as albeit with some original parts) as it allows people to shoot Enfields, but originals they are not and should be marked as 21st century rebuilds with new parts.

I agree. Five years down the line who knows what is an original Enfield and what's a bitsa put together by someone from spare parts lying around?

I've done this myself, but if I ever part with that rifle I'm thinking I should mark it in some inconspicuous way as a bodge job lashed together by some random bloke who got it to shoot straight mostly by accident.