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Re: Educate me on Enfields
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:23 pm
by Sandgroper
Yes and no! :G
From your linked article;
"IS THIS RIFLE REALLY A 'No.6' " ?' You may well ask .............................. read on and decide for yourself
There are those Enfield historians who consider that the designation 'No.6' given to this model of the Birmingham Small Arms Company's .22in. RF training rifle series was an error in nomenclature made at the time the rifle was produced. However, the fact that the Australian version of the No. 5 "Jungle Carbine" , trialled around two years earlier, was also given the number "6" ( initially they were known as the 'Lightened Pattern' rifles) is not really good reason to draw this conclusion. When the B.S.A Co. was prototyping the variously proposed designs of .22 training rifles, first "off the blocks" was the conversion of the Rifle No.4.
...and so on. :lol:
It might be easier to say one is a No6 .303 and a No6 .22lr? :-P
Re: Educate me on Enfields
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:25 pm
by meles meles
Ishapore make a 7.62x54R Lee Enfield ?
*gets excited*
Re: Educate me on Enfields
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:38 pm
by Sandgroper
meles meles wrote:Ishapore make a 7.62x54R Lee Enfield ?
*gets excited*
Ishapore 2a and 2A1 = 7.62x51mm
I have a one that was butchered to look like a No5.
Re: Educate me on Enfields
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:22 pm
by etprescottuk
I would really like to get my hands on one of those Australian No 6 rifles, one model I believe never imported in to the States. Thanks for posting the picture.
Re: Educate me on Enfields
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:36 am
by rufrdr
etprescottuk wrote:I would really like to get my hands on one of those Australian No 6 rifles, one model I believe never imported in to the States. Thanks for posting the picture.
Navy Arms made up a bunch of ersatz #6s from Ishapore 2A1 rifles. Pretty cute little carbines. I have read on various Lee Enfield oriented forums that very small numbers of #6s were released to the civvy market in Australia but certainly not enough to see mass export to the U.S.
Re: Educate me on Enfields
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:36 am
by Sandgroper
etprescottuk wrote:I would really like to get my hands on one of those Australian No 6 rifles, one model I believe never imported in to the States. Thanks for posting the picture.
You'll be lucky! only about 100 were made and only a handful made it civi hands.
Another expermental shortened SMLE from Australia
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL/03348
And another No.6 version from Australia - my favourite - pity it failed testing and deemed unsafe.
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL/19494
What if...sigh!
Re: Educate me on Enfields
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:47 pm
by Porcupine
meles meles wrote:Ishapore make a 7.62x54R Lee Enfield ?
*gets excited*
Whoops! Back to school for me :lol:
Re: Educate me on Enfields
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:17 pm
by Sandgroper
Porcupine wrote:meles meles wrote:Ishapore make a 7.62x54R Lee Enfield ?
*gets excited*
Whoops! Back to school for me :lol:
Are you saying you're a Porcupine disguised as a Badger or a Badger disguised as a Porcupine? :G :? :shifty:
Re: Educate me on Enfields
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:21 pm
by ovenpaa
Where is the Honey Badger when we need him?