Recording of serial numbers for Enfield muskets,.577 Sniders and.450 &.303 Martini rifles & carbines is essential for your own records (insurance, registers, &c.) however the numbers stamped on the butt or even on action bodies are rarely the firearm's serial number. Rack or issue numbers were stamped on the right side of the butt, or marking disk (.303 arms only), on the butt-plate tang (Sniders & Enfields only) and occasionally on the action body itself, usually atop the receiver ring. Enfield Enforcer Serial Numbers. 4/25/2019 0 Comments Originally manufactured in 56 rimfire, approximately 18,000 were made for use in the US Civil War. Enfield Enforcer. UK Police Sniper Rifle. Commission Sale. There were around 767 manufactured by Enfield, not all were assembled. A number of parts including receivers were sold off to Charnwood Ordnance, who assembled them in to complete rifles & sold them on the civilian market, these were beleived to be in the 700 serial numnber range. Make: British Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) at Enfield Lock. Model: Enforcer. Serial Number: 391. Year of Manufacture: 1970-1985. Caliber: 7.62 x 51mm Nato. Action Type: Bolt Action with 10 Round Removable Magazine Which Can Also Be Fed by Stripper Clips. Markings: The left side of the receiver is marked “ENFORCER 7.62M/M 391 / D73 PAT.
Examples of Recently Sold Rifles
L1A1 (SLR) Rifle - Straight Pull
L1A1 Straight Pull - 7.62mm - SOLD
Long Lees
Long lee Enfield MkI BSA- Sold
Lee Enfield New Zealand Pattern Carbine - Sold
Lee Enfield MkI LSA Excellent Condition £Sold
SMLE
SMLE MkV Trials Rifle Serial No A3407 SOLD
SMLE 2A1 Ishapore 7.62x51 Dated 1965 - SOLD
SMLE MkIII LSA 1904 Conversion- SOLD
SMLE Enfield MkIII Lithgow 1920 Serial No A86730- SOLD
SMLE MkIII BSA 1908 Serial No 95209- SOLD
SMLE MkIII* Lithgow 1944 Serial No E95990- SOLD
SMLE MkIII BSA South African Military Contract- Sold
SMLE MkIII* BSA SRG Marked - Sold
SMLE MkIII BSA 1942 Ex-Italian Navy - Sold
SMLE MkIII* SSA 1917 - Sold
SMLE MKIII* 1944 from Malaya / Borneo Emergency Sold
SMLE Mk III* NRF & FF Fianna Fáil Irish Markings - Sold
SMLE MkIII* 1917 'Long Butt' £Sold
SMLE MkI*** BSA Sparkbrook 1905 £Sold
SMLE Mk III* Rare Wire Wrapped Version £350£SOLD
SMLE Target Rifle Regulated by Fultons to 'Service Rifle B' Specification £SOLD
Rare SMLE MkI*** N (Naval Conversion) £Sold
No4
Long Branch No4 Mk1* 1950 - Long Butt- SOLD
No4 MkI* Long Branch 1945 - 5 Groove Barrel - SOLD
No4 Mk1 7.62mm- SOLD
No4 Mk1 BSA 1942 Serial No C8471- Sold
No4 Mk1 BSA 1942 - Sold
No4 Mk1 Fazakerley 1942- Sold
No4 Mk1* Savage 1942 - Sold
No4 Mk2 1955- Sold
No4 Mk2 1954 PF334911 - £Sold
No4 Mk2 1954 PF333562 Irish Contract £Sold
No5
No5 Mk1 Jungle Carbine BSA Serial No BB7767 - SOLD
No5 Mk1 Fazakerley 1946- Sold
Pattern 14 & Model 1917
P14 Eddystone .303- SOLD
M17 / P17 Eddystone 30/06 1918 Very Good Condition - Sold
M17 / P17 Eddystone 30/06 1917 Very Good Condidtion - Sold
Winchester P14 £Sold
P14 Winchester Rare No3 Mk2 .303 £Sold
P14 Remington .303 1916 £SOLD
P14 Remington 1916 Ex RAF Museum Rifle. Rare Mk1.£Sold
Training Rifles
Lee Enfield N.9 Naval Training Rifle- SOLD
Lee Enfield No8 Training Rifle- SOLD
Lee Enfield No7- SOLD
No8 Mk1 Training Rifle - SOLD
No8 Mk1 British Military Training Rifle- SOLD
No8 Mk1 New Zealand Contract Training Rifle- Sold
Lee Enfield N.9 Navy Contract Training Rifle- Sold
LSA SMLE No2 MkIV* .22 Training Rifle - SOLD
No8 Mk1 British Military training Rifle - Sold
SMLE MkIV* .22 Air Ministry Contract - Sold
Lithgow SMLE No2 MkIV* .22 Training Rifle- Sold
No8 Mk1 British Military Training Rifle-Sold
Lithgow SMLE No2 MkIV* .22 Training Rifle - Sold
No8 Mk1 British Military Training Rifle£Sold
No8 Mk1 British Military Training Rifle £Sold
No8 Mk1 British Military Training Rifle £Sold
RAF No7 .22 Training Rifle Very Rare £SOLD
Lee Enfield Enforcer
SMLE IV* .22 Conversion £Sold
Sniping Rifles
Lee Enfield No4T BSA 1944- Sold
Lee Enfield No4T BSA 1944 - Sold
L42A1 Sniper Rifle- SOLD
Lee Enfield No4T (Less Telescope)- SOLD
Enfield Enforcer No 705 - Sold
Pattern 14 No.3 MkI* (T)A Sniper Rifle - Sold
Lee Enfield No4T BSA 1945- Sold
SMLE No.1 MkIII* H.T. Sniper Rifle - Sold
No4T BSA 1944- Sold
Enfield Enforcer No 490 £Sold
No4T Long Branch 1943 - Sold
L42A1 Sniper Rifle£Sold
BSA 1944 No4T £SOLD
Enfield Enforcer No 295£SOLD
Enfield Enforcer No 089£SOLD
BSA 1945 No4T£SOLD
Target Rifles
Lee Enfield 7.62mm Target Rifle- SOLD
No4 Mk2 7.62mm Target Rifle PF306170- SOLD
Enfield No4T Whitaker Special 7.62mm Target Rifle - SOLD
Enfield Envoy Palma Match Sold
Enfield EnvoySold
Enfield Envoy Sold
Enfield L39A1 1970 7.62mm £Sold
Enfield Envoy '1970 Palma Match' Rifle 7.62mm£Sold
Sporting Rifles
BSA Lee Speed Style Sporting Rifle .303 - SOLD
Genuine BSA Lee Speed Sporting Rifle .303 - Sold
Genuine BSA Lee Speed Sporting Rifle .303 - Sold
BSA Lee Speed Calibre .303 Circa 1910 VGC £450£SOLD
Serial Numbers Microsoft
Up until 1940, BSA made normal high-quality No1 MkIII* on limited military contracts, marked with the usual Crown and BSA&Co, as well as identical rifles just marked 'BSA&Co' for commercial sale and export.
With the invasion scare, the Ministry of Supply ordered BSA to make rifles out of whatever parts it could get together. Hence the rifles were made of mixtures of commercial and military parts, mixed walnut and beech wood (or all-beech), later on No4 butts and firing pin/cocking pieces. A second wave of production in 1945 even used recycled and re-dated receivers.
Serial Numbers Cracks
About the same time the emergency rifle production was started, BSA was ordered to disperse its many Birmingham factories away from the bomb-target central area, and also to increase war production by diluting experienced staff with war staff. BSA was a huge engineering group, and this 'Dispersal' programme led to 70 seperate factories being set up, moved and/or expanded. Rifle production involved several of these factories (both No1s and No4s), and this type of 'all available parts' No1 has become known as a 'Dispersal rifle'. Technically, even the No4s were Dispersals, as well as motorbikes, bicycles, aircraft parts, machine guns and heavy weaponry...
BSA marked these rifles with just the first 'B' of BSA&Co. Presumably this was to dissociate the company from these slightly less-than top quality peacetime rifles!