Product Details
ENFIELD,
A SCARCE .303 (BRITISH) BOLT ACTION MAGAZINE SERVICE CARBINE MODEL' LEE-ENFIELD MKI * CAVALRY CARBINE' serial no. 936
dated for 1900, with 21in. barrel, muzzle-cap with built-in fore-sight protector, elevating adjustable rear-sight, 'Lee-Metford' style bolt with dust-cover and turned-down flatterned handle, magazine cut-off, wrist of action stamped 'ENFIELD 1900 LEC 1*' together with a crown over 'VR', walnut full-stock, the butt with brass heel-plate, trap-door for oil-bottle and pull-through (missing), the side of butt marked with brass disc stamped 'K.A.20', the wood stamped 'K.A.' over 'I. G.' (separated by a broad arrow) over 'I', the fore-stock with three-quarter length walnut barrel cover and short six-round magazine attached to the rifle via a security chain, the whole remaining in good condition throughout with much original finish
Provenance: The stamps are Indian Government Service markings indicating re-issue to the Karachi Artillery Volunteers during the 1920's
Estimate £800-1,000
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