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Enfield No. 1 Mk. 3 BSA 1940 .303 Great Britain England SMLE
Lee Enfield
British Enfield No. 1 Mk. 3 made by Birmingham Small Arms in
1940. According to Ian Skennertons Lee Enfield book, 59071 No. 1 Mk. 3 rifles
were built in 1940. At that time, the British lost most of their heavy
equipment and a lot of small arms at Dunkirk. England was desperately short of
rifles. Forty-two factories were building parts for Enfields during this time.
They put together rifles with the parts they had. Not many were matching.
BSA started building No. 1 Mk. 3’s to equip troops as the
new No. 4 Mk. 2 production ramped up. BSA continued to produce No. 1 Mk. 3’s
until December of 1941.
This rifle was a produced in 1940 and is an example of these
desperate times. The bolt does not match. This rifle comes with a sling and
magazine cut off.
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