Seen in the picture above are the normal spots to find the serial number and manufacturers information on the No4 and the No5 rifle. Machine carbine Rifled muzzle loading ordnance It seems you can't find a good gunsmith or machine shop to save your life out here. UT Utah Ordnance Plant (S.A.A.) "Killingholme" Royal Naval Air Service who died 27/04/1916 CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL United Kingdom ' US, Markings on Lee Enfield rifles and equipment. XL64 4.85mm right hand Individual Weapon * These appear to be manufacturer designations, the remainder in this list are Seen in the picture above are the places where the serial number and manufacturer can be found. 'Cambridge' Plymouth shore base These prefixes can be used to authenticate these rifles if found in a gun shop or personal collection. C.I.N.O. 'PROOFS, STAMPS & TRADE MARKS for RIFLES, PISTOLS & SHOTGUNS - An International Guide, Edition of 2023' Compiled by Paul Fowkes, edited with Ian Skennerton Hard & soft covers, 11 x 8 in., 144 pp, 2,000 . D.I.L. (Arm) Director General, Armaments How long would the barrel be good for I wonder. M.M.C. WW1 British army issue . C.H. I recently got my enfield back from the gunsmith. dailyinfo[11]=' 240030 Serjeant Joseph Sydney TOWSE Military Medal 1st/5th Bn. DE/C Debert BF/C Bishop's Falls .50 cal Purpose arm Small Arms Committee UK, National Rifle Association; http://home.nra.org/#/home The NRAs main website. L96A1 7.62mm Sniper Rifle, Acc.Intn'l. RAPD Raritan Arsenal Publication Dept. Marking military equipment and supplies with an ownership mark is a symbol of power. Director of Armaments C No.4 Mk I & Mk I* Lee-Enfield and (T) sniper variants Australian, Canadian & US monograms from the late Frank Adlam's records All var daym=mydate.getDate() This listing of L series Rifles & MG's Skennertons Arms and Militaria Press; http://www.skennerton.com/ . JO/C Johnstown Royal Gunpowder Factory report Royal Engineers Outdoor Hub, LLC (d/b/a Carbon Media Group), 30800 Telegraph Rd, Suite 1921, Bingham Farms, MI 48025 USA. Regarding the barrel date vs "reissue stamp" question. Martini-Metford Rifle DEN Denman, NSW SWID Swan Island, Vic. A.M.R. The prefixes were assigned as follows: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, L, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T ,U, V, W, Y ,Y, Z, AA, AB, AC. Matching serial numbers is always a plus. ME (gun ammo) Maribyrnong No. problems/questions Yet again, once the sequence of numbers caped out letter prefixes were used to start the sequence over. B.A.Co. (Woolwich) {B.S.A.Co. Original British Military. This, plus the wording provided in Reynolds citing a LoC entry of July 6th 1911 LoC (quoted in Reynolds pp117-8 he does not provide the LoC number) "For Rifles of future manufacture (my emphasis) and conversion"..[describes sighting changes]then "Marking All rifles had the letters "H.V. are most likely to have been marked in lower case rather than capital letters as R. & E. Range & elevation PE/C Petawawa 116th Mahrattas who died 08/04/1916 BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq ' This is not to say that Enfield serial numbers provide no information or that they are not an interesting subject. Markings on Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk 1* 1478 views Bryan Brown Dec 2, 1996, 3:00:00 AM to Among the markings on the No. Mobile Ammunition Repair Unit (also Maribyrnong) HOL Hosten Ordnance Works Observation post There is a dot after the III and before the * which might argue this is the case. H.M.S. ranging gun. Enfield .45-70 Magazine 5 round RM57 Type a description for this product here. It also applies to other American 'K' device Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms; http://www.atf.gov/ . R.A. Royal Artillery If you can post photos of the complete rifle, and of the LH side of the action and both sides of the Butt socket the information needed to answer your question will be there. D.D.E. Known Fact: originally built at Lithgow in 1943 or Refurbished at Lithgow in 1943, was used at some point by the Ministry of Defense. var sc_security="0d3fd5f8"; Manually operated R.C.D. His Majesty's Stationery O.C. BA British Association screw thread Director General of Factories Small Arms Committee have been awarded an L-series designation. Grenade Launcher. VY/C Viliroy Could be from S.African service. S.P. The gun has been sporterized. USA. G.C. L26A1 30mm Rarden of Stores Belt-fed mechanism These were introduced in LOC 15638 dated 1 October 1911 to govern alterations to existing rifles and new manufacture. MA Milan Arsenal XL77 37mm ARWEN. Schrivenham L52 9mm DP Sten Mk V Machine Carbine Jim Gooding (Museum dailyinfo[7]=' Stoker Nicolai ENGRAFFOF "Askold" Russian Navy who died 07/04/1917 PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Chatteralaut (French). Cavalry Carbine BM denotes 'Birmingham Military', proved to the same pressures as the military proof. V.A.C. In all cases corresponding to the date of the receiver. Surplus Rifle; http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewforum.php?f=27 .. Wikipedia Lee Enfield; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee-Enfield Wikipedias entry on Lee Enfields. 2. (S) Army Design Department (Aust.) W.O. On the left side it has a 42 on it. COP Cornhusker Ordnance Plant British & German WW1 WW2 Unit Bayonet Markings Identification Guide Booklet Book. L26A1 Rifle Instructional, variant of L25A1. Sk B.S.S. No experience necessary. The volume of serial number inquiries has prompted me to fashion this page together and try and explain how best to identify a particular rifles manufacturer. dailyinfo[15]=' 6963 Private Albert CHRISTIE 1st Bn. Thanks a lot for all the information. Complete Eq'pment Schedule Our new DVD/CD sets have specific serial nos. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. dailyinfo[27]=' Flight Sub-Lieutenant Andrew John BODDY H.M.S. D.O.D. MF (S.A.A.) L-prefix nomenclature was introduced into British if (year < 1000) year+=1900 So, to address your concern, I don't think those ARE the original stamps on a new barrel I think the stamps on the receiver (with BSA marks) are original, and the stamps on the barrel (with Enfield inspection stamps) are consistent with it being a WWII produced barrel.In most instances of course, the date a barrel was produced will correspond quite closely to when it is installed and the weapon reissued (with the exception of those held in store - usually marked with a rectangle/box stamp). a crown. Therefore, it will be found PM Port Moresby, New Guinea S.A. Small arms or semi-automatic L57 & L58? L7A17.62mm Machine Gun, British-made version of the FN MAG. Lee-Enfield Rifle TOC Tocumwal, NSW different to L1A1 DP. In addition I would suggest the style of marking of the serial number on the barrel (both the font and the unevenness of the line, and the apparent absence of the Y prefix) suggests this is indeed a replacement barrel. S.F.G. Henry Rifled Barrel Co., 1878- Cordite (more recently) 33rd "Prairie Division" AEF and American Field Service 1917-18, York and Lancaster Regiment NC Nitro-cellulose 1, MK. 3. Like the SMLE an all matching No4 or No5 will have all the serial numbers matching wherever they are found on a particular rifle. XL69 4.85mm left hand Light Support Weapon ROP Rovenna Ordnance Plant S.A.I.D. 1942. Muzzle energy These specific letter prefixes were assigned to ROF Fazakerley and BSA Shirley, the only two manufacturers of the No5 rifle, this ensured that there would be no duplicate serials during the production run of No5s. Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield Nottingham) produced the H&K 9mm MP5A3 SMG and variants for S.A.S., I believe this distinction is repeated on a large number of my rifles. Low velocity Admiralty: Each book has detailed drawings of every part, from the original through all the later changes. A.T.M. Lancashire Fusiliers who died 25/04/1915 HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey (including Gallipoli) ' However, the meaning of the date stamp is, in my view, the year the barrel was produced. updated with new information 7th June 2005, var sc_project=1056125; Would it be the year it was produced? Director General of Ordnance None the less I still believe the '40 is the barrel year of manufacture as it is to be found 0n all the standard British ShtLEs in my collection, many of which have not been rebuilt and on these the year matches the receiver. A.C. Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods. Hughes EX34 chain gun applied to Ordnance Select Committee Breech mechanism D.C.I.s Defence Council Instructions IFS/C International Flare Signal Co.* var month=mydate.getMonth()+1 Rifled ordnance Armouries reference centre. C3 rifle7.62mm Parker Hale M82 Sniper Rifle in Canadian Royal Naval Depot Welshpool No. This list is primarily a compilation of later twentieth Mine was stamped on the stock with the crown and "Lithgow 1942". C.I.S.A. An excellent, expanding reference library of text and pictures of both common and rare Lee Enfields. marking details Lee-Enfield SMLE SALW Guide 6 salw-guide.bicc.de. BAJ Badges Ordnance Works L4A4 7.62mm Bren LMG conversion of Mk III Bren, one chrome & one steel barrel each. Vickers Armstrong, Crayford Royal Naval Ordnance Depot The most important markings are those on the right hand side of the butt socket underneath the bolt handle. SJ/C St. John and provision for fitting 50-rd. Was that fitted to earlier or later models? Lenz & Ladysmith, High explosive Operations division S.G.O. Martini-Henry SMLE rifle manufacturers were given no serial ranges to begin or end production with, so it is possible that two rifles may exist with the same serial number produced at different factories. I found what the crown, BSA, and SHTLE markings mean via Google searches but there are quite a few other markings. Breech loading An example would be: rifle serial number 52C2689 would be the 522,689th rifle produced by Savage Stevens. Inspector Naval Ordnance, Bath L7A27.62mm Machine Gun, improved L7A1 with revised feed mechanism L32A1 12ga Automatic loading FN Browning Riot Gun. I know pretty much nothing about rifles but I picked this one up in a trade. & Co. service. L67A1 37mm (1.5in.) B. Footscray No. L49 9mm DP L2A3 SMG L29A2 .22 Sportco Model 71S Trainer Royal Small Arms Repair RA Raritan Arsenal Can I conclude that the '40 stamp on the barrel is not a re-issue date, but is rather the production date of the new barrel/receiver that was fitted during WW2? Ministry of Supply: )* JA Joilet Arsenal Please ADL South Australia for RN, also Gas operated L33A2 .30 cal L3 Browning AFV Flexible Machine Gun, DP variant. R.N.O.D. FR Factory Click here and we'll show you how to ID your oiler type in three steps. WA/C Wainwright CHK Chickasaw Ordnance Works RIA Rock Island Arsenal D.G. KA/C Kamloops Air Ministry: M.V. dailyinfo[19]=' Second Lieutenant Robert Charles Middleton HARPER General List who died 19/04/1917 JERUSALEM MEMORIAL Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) ' Welsh Regiment who died 30/04/1916 MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY France ' Co. Henry Rifled Barrel Co. to 1878 Hand, Cooksville* Beeswax L46A1 7.62mm Machine Gun, drill (Skeleton model L7A1/A2). L90A1 9mm Submachine Gun. Lee Metford information and pics. Enfield-Stuff;http://web.archive.org/web/20120802024544/http://www.enfield-stuff.com/oilers/makers_marks/oiler_makers_England.htm . (1961), Canada: Coast defence H & S Ltd. Harrison & Sons Ltd. 'BUYER'S GUIDE to the LEE-ENFIELD' . collecting scene. A.T.I. dailyinfo[3]=' Nurse Edith Frances BARKER 90th (Cheshire) Detachment Voluntary Aid Detachment who died 03/04/1918 LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY France ' OAP Ordnance Assembly Plant Separate and distinct Lx SAS Live DVD/CD A.O. TI Thursday Island, Qld. MH (S.A.A.) V.A. "mpr" &c. Senior Weapons Engineer Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died 23/04/1918 WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION France ' Stratton also indicates this (1997:62) mark as barrel manufacture date. 4 C2A1 7.62mm FAL heavy barrel, auto rifle Here is a 1912 produced rifle BSA rifle with its original 1912 barrel. Director, Royal Armoured Corps With a brief history and a full step by step photographic guide to disassembly of the rifles. The Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine -fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 19th century. var dailyinfo= new Array(31) A.H.Q. M.E. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force). It's easy! Percussion small arm KNK Kankakee Ordnance Works Includes; sling fitting, loading, cleaning, wrapping a pull-through and introduction to bayonet variants. Regards TonyE 4thGordons Old Sweats 9k L.E.R. Simplistic manufactures mark found on a commercial (for the trade) Birmingham Small Arms Company rifle. var sc_invisible=1; The dates being individually hand struck upon acceptance at the end of the production process and thus looking sharper and clearer. No. Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. Royal Sussex Regiment and Chemical Warfare. . BSW British Standard Whitworth MC Finsbury, South Australia HG Hendon, U.K. 2 they are similar. Learn more about Product Partnerships Limited - opens in a new window or tab, See terms for PayPal Credit - opens in a new window or tab, Original Yorkshire (Green Howards) Regiment Collar Badge (#255878405106), Original WW1 British Army 4x Blue Overseas Service Stripes Chevrons Badge (#255882637454). Smooth bore Small Arms of World War 2' lists makers and codes on 1. MAN Mangalore, Vic. S.A.T. TW Twin Cities Ordnance Plant (S.A.A.) A.P./T. DOD Delaware Ordnance Depot 19.99. also see surplusrifle.com for some more info on your rifle. Enfield (then M.O.D. Coast artillery $14.00. issues re-printed in 5 vols., 1860-1926. Of course, I uploaded them but I guess the forum only posted one photo. NFLD Newfoundland (Royal Canadian Restoration Service) from Canada reports that he visited the Leeds site a few ". I had a Sporter I got cheap and had a hard time getting any groups better than 5-6" @ 100 yds. Serial Numbers, Model, Mark and Manufacture Identification, Serial Number and Manufacturer Information Locations. C.D. Enfield Enforcer; https://modernfirearms.net/en/sniper-rifles/standart-caliber-rifles/great-britain-standart-caliber-rifles/enfield-l42a1-i-enforcer-eng/ . C3 7.62mm converted M1919A4 Browning MG British Engineering It was arguably the best combat rifle of World War I. L24A1 .50cal MG, Ranging Drill. FWA Fremantle, WA What this page will attempt to provide is a basic overview of the serial system and where to find them along with the manufacture markings and barrel date stamp that is common on most Enfields. Sulphur-less fine grain My continuing concern, is why would older original stamping, the original barrel proof mark and the original barrel inspection marks be on a completely new barrel. The HV would be on the barrel just behind the rear sight and would not be visible in any of the posted pictures. XL65 4.85mm right hand Light Support Weapon Aust service, AFV. C.I.A. MJ (S.A.A.) dailyinfo[13]=' Gefreiter Richard STROEBER 12./R.I.R.22 German Army who died 13/04/1918 ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION France ' 4 Office (or Her Majesty's) The station monograms may also be found incorporated in various case headstamps, marked on ammunition chargers, clips and other production. M.L.O. Further development of Hughes EX34 W.& S. Ltd. Wilding & Sons Ltd. I have a No.1 MkIII 1942 SMLE. WW1 British Army Lance Corporals Cloth Chevron Insignia Rank Stripes (#256012841881), - WW1 WW2 Lee-Enfield British Rifle Collectors Guide Identification Book Markings. Rifled breech loading 1) who was the reigning monarch of the UK during the manufacturing process. L89A1 9mm Instructional Automatic Pistol. Manufacturers will be noted either on the left side of the receiver or on the left side buttsocket. Wood color may not match. Unlike the #4's that have numbered bolt heads (have a #2 bolt and excessive headspace, go to a #3, etc) the SMLE has to have a bolt head fitted. I take your point, butwhat about the absence of "HV" that should be on the Knox form of a 1915 barrel ? Also included here Original Lithgow Smle III .303 Rifle . Although lighting is something of a challenge there I will attempt to take some illustrative pictures. These stampings will tell the observer: Rifles manufactured outside of a government contract for commercial sale will not have this type of marking on the buttsocket and most likely will only have the factorys name stamped in its place, such as BSA Co. This rifle retained most of the overall design feature of the earlier model, including the 30 barrel length. Hispano-Suiza 3 This updated and expanded edition also has a ready model identification chapter and colour plates. B.E.S.A. & Co. Percy Lund, Humphries F.N. Browning K.F.K. L6A1 12.7mm Ranging Machine Gun on Centurion, ranging gun for 105mm tank Royal Engineers Vocabulary WC Wolf Creek Arsenal Anti-aircraft Artillery L44A1 7.62mm Machine Gun, for Helicopters, Naval. 5 Rifle Jungle Carbine. Mean time or Missed target The station KEN Kentucky Ordnance Plant In several (although not all) of these cases the stamping of the arrow and number appeared deeper/crisper than the other proofs however I am convinced this is simply a result of the hand stamping, in many cases the stamps were similar. All the manufacturers were present in the sample and several examples of all years except 1911 were examined. UK, Lee Enfield Rifle distribution; https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/11/lee-enfield-smle. Magazine Lee-Metford Rifle DN Darwin, NT SC/C Scarborough The following codes Chief Inspector of Armaments R.S.A.F. (W) Chief Inspector of Armaments G.R B 1942 S (looks like two light strikes) LE III (& 7pt star) best pic of the additional markings above the serial # on the upper left (in the light glare) and above the last few digits of the serial # and here is a few pic of the barrel markings (on the left of the barrel) thread War Office: MDK (gun ammo) Albion No. A guide to the Lee Enfield .303 RIFLE No. ER/C Buckingham var year=mydate.getYear() There is no "HV" stamp on Knox form to signify high velocity Mk. Markings manufacturers, government, unit, armorers, misc, marks on Lee Enfield oilers, plus rifles/bayonets/oilers for sale. T.V. Mully, the magazine cut-off was fitted to the earlier rifles, up to the Mk III, and was not fitted to the Mk III*, or to be more precise, was removed from the specification for the Mk III*. M.P.I. L39A1 7.62mm Rifle, conversion of .303 No. Nomenclature Armour piercing tracer A.C.I. Director General of Equipment monograms may also be found incorporated in various case headstamps, marked on BO 12151 (the five digit no. A.P./I. Stratton also indicates this (1997:62) mark as barrel manufacture date. any converted Mk III Bren) - these 3 guns UK service only. (though I'd hang it on my wall before I'd sell it). C.S.O.F. R.D. UK) 6 Guns Have Only Two Enemies-Rust and Politicians, "The United States Constitution (c) 1791 - All Rights Reserved". R.G.F. A.P.& S. Ltd. Alabaster, Pasmore L11A1 9mm Automatic Pistol Kit (same as L9A1 but with accessories & kit). MEC (propellant) Maribyrnong Cordite Royal Flying Corps who died 02/04/1917 WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY France ' This included altering the profile of the rear sight bed, re graduating the dial sight and altering the magazine plate and cases. barrel. Surveyor-General of Ordnance Manufacturer's Monograms for ammunition production UK. broad arrow WD mark, lock marked 'Enfield 1861', barrel with matching marks, the butt stamped Enfield, brass butt plate marked 'N.Z. Also called When reference is made to an all matching SMLE the serial numbers must all be the same. DI Dominion Industries, Verdun M.E.C. Swiss L13A1 5.56mm Blank Fire Attachment, Blank ammunition. Martini-Enfield Carbine US, Civilian Marksmanship Program; http://www.odcmp.com/. For those out there that want to get deeper into the serial number issues I would suggest purchasing either Skip Strattons or Ian Skennertons books. 300 made. LoC List of Changes paragraph no. Obsolete for future manufacture GunBoards.com; http://forums.gunboards.com/forumdisplay.php?s=2f962e6f7faa370aaa803a0a9aed0042&f=55. Depending on the type of rifle it will either be on the left or most commonly the right side of the buttsocket (under the bolt knob). V.S.M. Depots, United States: Right side barrel has U/i\ property mark and 124551 is your serial number, but not sure as to what the other markings mean. in service manuals and reports are sometimes quite obvious but at other times, DP. R.S.A.F. C37.62mm Parker Hale M82 Sniper Rifle in Canadian Director, Weapons & Development Ian Skennerton has personally viewed this rifle & has verified it & for those who have his book "The Lee-Enfield" you will find mention of this rifle on page 566 & for the sharp eyed lot, yes . S.A.T. grenade and L9 SUSAT sight. Refresh your browser window to try again. L115 .338-in. L91 9mm Submachine Gun? Aiming rifle or Anti-radar deeper struck, so my guess is that it was a much later additional mark stamped in 1940 when the rifle was probably refurbished and re-issued. Threads per inch Company Q.F. M.L.M.R. R.O. dailyinfo[31]=' 15229 Lance Corporal Ernest Charles EVANS 11th Bn. Places that will have the serial information is on the bolt, receiver and normally the barrel. M.E.R. British Slings Overview Page; http://www.rollanet.org/~stacyw/british_slings_overview_page.htm .. Markings on leather and webbing slings. L87 & H.B.Co. L.A. Co. London Armoury Co. The web site looks interesting, enjoy. who died 05/04/1918 AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY France ' D.G.E. UK. Therefore, it will be found that these markings relate to hardware as well as to the ammunition and various forms of packing. Superintendent Royal Small Repair Historic Arms Resource Centre; http://www.rifleman.org.uk . So yes it is an acceptance mark (the arrow) and where the date on the barrel significantly post dates the date on the receiver it is indicative of rebarrelling, but it is the date of manufacture and acceptance of the barrel, not reissue of the rifle, in my view. Accuracy International Sniper Rifle A quick step-by-step guide to help you distinguish an 1880's Mk I from a 1970's Mk V. It's easier than you think. Electrical & Mechanical WRA Winchester Repeating Arms G.P. competition. dailyinfo[12]=' 2728 Lance Corporal Lewis Gower BLAKEWAY 2nd Regt. L41A1 7.62mm Machine Gun, drill (inoperable model L8). H.E. M.M. Selected pebble Could be from S.African service. L37A1 7.62mm L7 Machine Gun for AFV; special barrel for tracer. L97 ? Also, although difficult to make out, in picture 4 it looks as if the rear sight has the windage adjustment fitting. General Staff ENFIELD 1916 SHT.L.E. N.P.L. Footscray No. Thanks for the reference. Too bad that UK postal takes so long! WCC Western Cartridge Co. Would make my Grandfather proud to make her a good shooter. that is) WT/C McDonald Chemical, Waterloo* I have seen what I believe to be NOS barrels in wrap, which were dated. V.A.E. And some smokeless Riot Gun. H.M.S. N.C. Nitro-cellulose L92 9mm Submachine Gun? Please let me know. 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