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A beauty Rick! Also same for all the other ones you have. Like you, I love the early ones and also the Mark III Enfield's, Ray
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Hi Rick. Lovely collection. One question from this novice: How can you identify a circa 1915 gun as a National Match rifle? Were you lucky enough to get the provenance with it, or is there a source: e.g., SRS, for this info? I have a personal motive for the question - an 1915 "SS" gun with the gauge card. Love to know if it is also a NM rifle… Regards DokcopComment
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Thats a beauty...Nice find...Comment
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My 1915 NM has a polished bolt and raceway, as well as "rib" on the follower. I had bought it as a nice 1915 service rifle and John Beard pointed out the fact it was a NM. SRS has very few (if any) pre-WWI NM or Sales rifles listed. It does lack the "star" on the muzzle and the etched serial number. It is without doubt the most valuable rifle I own. A few pictures of the NM below:
Last edited by Rick the Librarian; 05-14-2014, 01:52."We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
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Rick: Thanks for the info and pictures. What a lovely rifle. I do love those prewar guns. Unfortunately my 1915 gun lacks the polished rails and ribbed follower, darn it. DokcopComment
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Rick, Could you elaborate on the "rib" on the follower?Comment
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The rib on the follower is polished - not the whole follower, just the rib itself."We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
--C.S. LewisComment
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The top part of the follower that makes contact with the bolt in its travel.Comment
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