No5 Mark 1 dated 1929... Authentic or not?

[Johan412th]

Found one for sale. Everything is authentic except the 1929 date on the wrist. Possibly a refurb from the factory that used other rifles parts? Truly confused by this one, and could use some input. It also looks like the wrists were ground at some point.

[Parashooter]

Not sure what you mean. The "wrist" is the part of the wooden buttstock immediately aft of the "butt socket" portion of the steel receiver. While significant markings are often found on the butt socket, we seldom see much of interest stamped into the wood of the wrist.

[Johan412th]

Sorry, wrong term. The metal in front of the buttstock, so butt socket.

[WHG]

Not a real No 5. Some importers modified older Enfields to look like No 5 jungle carbines.

[Johan412th]

Not a real No 5. Some importers modified older Enfields to look like No 5 jungle carbines.

And that's the only thing that makes sense here. I mean, it looks authentic if not for the 1929 stamped on the side.

[JB White]

No, it can't look authentic. The No5 was based on the No4 rifle. In 1929 it was the No1 rifle.

Wondering if you saw an old GSA/Santa Fe conversion form the 50's and 60's? Some of those were done up to look very well to the new-to-enfields eye. Some of their rear sights in the charger bridge, and their reproduction flashider/front sight assemblies were very prone to breakage though.

A little reading for you here :) :

http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/carbine_santafe.html

http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/santafejungle.gif