SOLD Enfield No. 1 Mk. 3 BSA 1940 .303 Great Britain England SMLE Lee Enfield

 

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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.

SOLD Nagant Revolver M1895 7.62 x 38R TULA 1940 No Import Marking

 The Nagant M1895 Revolver is a seven-shot, gas-seal revolver designed and produced by Belgian industrialist Léon Nagant for the Russian Empire.

The Nagant M1895 was chambered for a proprietary cartridge, 7.62×38mmR, and featured an unusual "gas-seal" system, in which the cylinder moved forward when the gun was cocked, to close the gap between the cylinder and the barrel, providing a boost to the muzzle velocity of the bullet and allowing the weapon to be suppressed (an unusual characteristic for a revolver).^[3] In fact, a 38mm long shell covers the whole bullet for this very purpose as well. This way, early Nagant users would avoid dealing with gases of black powder.