Your rifle was converted by the Royal Naval Ordnance Depot #3 at either Plymouth of Portsmouth (That's what the "P.N." denotes). On the left side of the barrel, "4 .10" indicates when it underwent its first conversion from Mk I* to Mk I**. The "9.14" was when the charger bridge was added. That is also the original barrel. The rear sight base sits atop the barrel on the Mk I*s, where the latter Mk III sight base was sleeved around the barrel. That is a super rare magazine as well; a #2 case that surprisingly escaped upgrade to the #3 case specification. Sometime in its life, a Mk III stock replaced the original. That is a super rare rifle, and its amazing that RTI had one. I have a Mk I*, a Cond Mk II, and of course, the more common Mk I***. I have never seen a Mk I** in the flesh. Congratulations!
It's been modified to a Mk III, a charging bridge has been added, the barrel and rear sight have been replaced with a high velocity barrel and sights, marked "HV" for cordite or modern smokeless powder. Still a nice rifle.
I got a B grade 1936 no1mk3 from Them on sale. A lot of original blue came out after boiling it. It’s a great shooter with lots of rifling left in the barrel. I also got a no4, and it wasn’t terrible, but not much rifling left in the barrel
Nice video. It cleaned up pretty good. Thanks much.
very cool to see a no1 mk1 been building one myself that was used during the Irish civil war
Not too many out there I have come across, vast majority are Mk III. That's a nice find!
Your rifle was converted by the Royal Naval Ordnance Depot #3 at either Plymouth of Portsmouth (That's what the "P.N." denotes). On the left side of the barrel, "4 .10" indicates when it underwent its first conversion from Mk I* to Mk I**. The "9.14" was when the charger bridge was added. That is also the original barrel. The rear sight base sits atop the barrel on the Mk I*s, where the latter Mk III sight base was sleeved around the barrel. That is a super rare magazine as well; a #2 case that surprisingly escaped upgrade to the #3 case specification. Sometime in its life, a Mk III stock replaced the original. That is a super rare rifle, and its amazing that RTI had one. I have a Mk I*, a Cond Mk II, and of course, the more common Mk I***. I have never seen a Mk I** in the flesh. Congratulations!
Thanks for all that great information on the rifle, I was pretty surprised when I saw the Navy mark and it was a lucky purchase from RTI.
It's been modified to a Mk III, a charging bridge has been added, the barrel and rear sight have been replaced with a high velocity barrel and sights, marked "HV" for cordite or modern smokeless powder. Still a nice rifle.
TF that will clean up just fine. Navy marked too.
Thanks it was a joy to clean. Should be a good shooter too despite having a 120+ year old bore.
I got a B grade 1936 no1mk3 from
Them on sale. A lot of original blue came out after boiling it. It’s a great shooter with lots of rifling left in the barrel. I also got a no4, and it wasn’t terrible, but not much rifling left in the barrel
Is it a BSA? Those prewar Enfields from the mid to late 1930s are nice collector items. They didn't make too many of them.
@@tfusilier44 I had to wait until I got home to check, but yes it’s a BSA. I didn’t know BSA didn’t make that many
@@jeepman19Interwar years rifles are harder to find. You see plenty of ww1 and ww2 dated Enfields because production was cranked all the way up.
Rti should hire you as a contractor to to spruce up their stuff. Would certainly make some of their prices more justified.
I'd love to go through the stacks of rifles and hand select some. But they are a bit too far away from me.