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by KCLRPC
Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:22 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Armalon/Enfield
Replies: 9
Views: 7649

Re: Armalon/Enfield

I'm with Duncan on that... The 9mm version seemed to be good out to 50 yards. I'm afraid I can't give a fair assessment, as we were doing a PP1 competition rather than a deliberate practice. Armalon generally have a reputation for accuracy, so it should be good. I look forward to the full report. Nick
by KCLRPC
Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:52 am
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Armalon/Enfield
Replies: 9
Views: 7649

Re: Armalon/Enfield

I got to play with the prototype, in 9mm Para, a few years back. It's fun to use, but the original had a minor flaw in the placement of the mag release, which I think pointed forward and normally meant you'd take a firm left-hand grip and drop the mag! However, the production run have a good rep and...
by KCLRPC
Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:11 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: There is this Association
Replies: 2
Views: 3108

Re: There is this Association

They are an interesting bunch. They run a small museum under the clock tower in the main range of the factory/housing estate. If you get the chance, it's really only a room, but it's amusing to see the clock movement - it was removed from an older site, and it's had to be adjusted as it's only just ...
by KCLRPC
Thu May 13, 2010 6:23 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Lee Speed
Replies: 13
Views: 10194

Re: Lee Speed

If I remember correctly, Rigby patent refers to J. Rigby, who was superintendent (?) of Enfield and designed the bayonet bar. It's somewhere in Skennerton, and I'll try to dig out the reference tomorrow

Looks very pretty though

Nick
by KCLRPC
Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:09 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Enfield .22
Replies: 19
Views: 14081

Re: Enfield .22

It look like, unlike its Parker Hale cousins, it has been barrelled as .22 and not sleeved, but why would you put a charger guide on a rifle that would never need one? On the other hand, it looks like it's had .22LR stamped in the breech, so maybe it was decided to build it up to MkI spec anyway. Ei...
by KCLRPC
Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:55 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Salty Survivors
Replies: 11
Views: 8800

Re: Salty Survivors

Sorry, I wasn't particularly clear. It was actually an Enfield N0.4 trials rifle, and I suppose it's possible that it was trialling the different bolt head release
by KCLRPC
Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:24 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Salty Survivors
Replies: 11
Views: 8800

Re: Salty Survivors

I know it's a little bit of a side point, but of the two I have seen one had had a very confused life, as it had the plunger bolt catch of the Mk.1 and the cut in the bolt-head rail of the Mk.1*. Not sure why you'd need to be able to get the bolt out in two ways, unless they were trialling the idea ...
by KCLRPC
Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:06 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: GOTM JUNE
Replies: 8
Views: 5411

Re: GOTM JUNE

I've just gotten hold of Rifle And Carton by E.H. Robinson, and there is a plate of two targets shot out by 'J.H. Cathcart, Dublin Civil Service Rifle Club, at 25 yards, with a B.S.A. No. 2 Model Miniature Rifle.' Out of ten shots, he dropped one point (scoring inwards). A nice rifle, I look forward...
by KCLRPC
Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:28 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Another Martini
Replies: 44
Views: 24073

By the look of the proof marks, your rifle was proofed and reproofed in Birmingham, both before 1921. The first was black powder for 52 bore (approx. .450"), and later for nitro .22 I've just seen a photo of a Martini-type action in No. 2 Musket (has a shorter lever), with all its tools. Westle...
by KCLRPC
Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:37 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Another Martini
Replies: 44
Views: 24073

I think the date in the triangle is probably the original build date, as Westley's used that triangle marking on the monkey-tail series as their symbol. The marking on the foresight that is partly obscured should be A.G.P. in a triangle formation, so its pre mid-1930's when the company split to beco...