recently picked up a nice sporterised Enfield No4 MK1 ,has M47 on the stock band that makes me believe its a BSA gun also has 1943 as the date , serial No is AL0042 .
My Question is..Is this a very early BSA ? the machining on the reciever is very rough and from what i can find out the 4 digit serial numbers were from the tooling setup run .
Doesnt make much difference either way as its been sportered , nicely I might add . Bore is pristine and chamber is tight , shoots well .
If it is of some historical value then its a shame that its been bubba'd but would it really be worth putting it back ? bolt doesnt match anyway and any replacement forestock would not be the original .
I love the gun as is and will never sell it so Ive scoped it with a non gunsmith scope mount and will use it as a hunting/target rifle.
If anyone knows any more on the history would be interested to hear from you.
My Question is..Is this a very early BSA ? the machining on the reciever is very rough and from what i can find out the 4 digit serial numbers were from the tooling setup run .
Doesnt make much difference either way as its been sportered , nicely I might add . Bore is pristine and chamber is tight , shoots well .
If it is of some historical value then its a shame that its been bubba'd but would it really be worth putting it back ? bolt doesnt match anyway and any replacement forestock would not be the original .
I love the gun as is and will never sell it so Ive scoped it with a non gunsmith scope mount and will use it as a hunting/target rifle.
If anyone knows any more on the history would be interested to hear from you.
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