[sakorick]

I picked up a undistinguished LSA in every catagory save one....the bore is pristeen! What a neat old rifle. Enjoy....regards, Rick.

 

[jrhead75]

Very nice indeed! Looks like she got a makeover at EFD just prior to WWII.

Have you had a look at the barrel yet? Original?

 

[sakorick]

Hello jr. Not yet on the barrel but I doubt it. She was refurbished in 37 it looks like. I just can't believe how nice the bore is. This is my first LSA and once you feel one.....they just feel great! Regards, Rick.

 

[Clyde from Carolina]

An old warhorse Smelly with a great bore is always welcome in my house.

Nice score.

 

[sakorick]

Very nice indeed! Looks like she got a makeover at EFD just prior to WWII.

Have you had a look at the barrel yet? Original?

Hello jr. Was the EFD at the Royal Small Arms Factory or somewhere else and how would you know by the codes. Is the 37 on the wrist band the year or a inspector number? This is my first reworked Enfield and the codes are strange to me.....there is no magazine cutoff. The barrel is original...amazing. Regards, Rick.

 

[jrhead75]

Hello jr. Was the EFD at the Royal Small Arms Factory or somewhere else and how would you know by the codes. Is the 37 on the wrist band the year or a inspector number? This is my first reworked Enfield and the codes are strange to me.....there is no magazine cutoff. The barrel is original...amazing. Regards, Rick.

Yes, EFD is the RSAF at Enfield. The '37 on the buttsocket is a date, that and the Enfield inspector's stamp (crown/number/E) gives it away as an inspection, and/or rework at the RSAF, or at least under it's auspices in 1937. LSA inspection stamps have an 'X' in place of the 'E'.

LSA typically didn't date their barrels, so if you find LSA inspection marks on the barrel and no date, it'll be a pretty good indication of an original barrel...LSA was gone by '37. I have a 1918 LSA MkIII* that shows signs of WWII issue, yet has the original barrel, with an extremely nice bore.

 

[sakorick]

jr. Very interesting. My rifle has a number of proofs on the barrel. One is crown, X, 35 and under that is a crown, RE, 37. So it must have had work done/inspected twice before the war. The Walnut stock was probably replaced then too. The buttstock and hand guards are Walnut and the forestock Beech. Good stuff and I thank you for the information. Regards, Rick.

 

[Ross280]

I had a good look at a 1918 LSA Co. No1 MkIII recently. Odd that they were making MkIII, not MkIII* in 1918, but here is 1917 the same.

It was a 1952 FTR with a BSA (three rifles trade mark) barrel. 'Suncorited' and in beech wood.

Is that "L" in a circle mark on the cocking piece an LSA mark?

 

[jrhead75]

I had a good look at a 1918 LSA Co. No1 MkIII recently. Odd that they were making MkIII, not MkIII* in 1918, but here is 1917 the same.

It was a 1952 FTR with a BSA (three rifles trade mark) barrel. 'Suncorited' and in beech wood.

Is that "L" in a circle mark on the cocking piece an LSA mark?

LSA made the MkIII right up into 1918. They only made around 50,000 MkIII*s that same year...their total MkIII* output.

Not sure what the circled L is, but it's not likely to be an LSA mark since the CP has a BSA inspector's stamp on it.