Thread: Info requested

Originally Posted by P38

Do you think this may have been with NZ Troops in South Africa during the Boer Wars?

Or brought to NZ after the wars and converted here.

Cheers
Pete

Probably not boer war one as i think all those are dated 98 and only round 1500 went. Its number suggests it was used here for volunteer and cadet training. The hg .no is 10 or 10d? making it either christchurch or rangiora where it saw service. This is usually stamped into the metal work as,well. the ss mark is the sold out of service mark applied at the end of its life. The original serial
no on the breech and barrel wont match as it was originally in 577/450 calibre but would have been restamped along with an inspection mark when converted to 303. This would have been done at enfield. Some were re barrelled again and carry more serial nos.
Sweet gift to get before christmas!

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Probably not boer war one as i think all those are dated 98 and only round 1500 went. Its number suggests it was used here for volunteer and cadet training. The hg .no is 10 or 10d? making it either christchurch or rangiora where it saw service. This is usually stamped into the metal work as,well. the ss mark is the sold out of service mark applied at the end of its life. The original serial
no on the breech and barrel wont match as it was originally in 577/450 calibre but would have been restamped along with an inspection mark when converted to 303. This would have been done at enfield. Some were re barrelled again and carry more serial nos.
Sweet gift to get before christmas!

Always nice to learn something new.

Thanks for this @Marty Henry

It's a bloody good present that's for sure.

I'd follow Veitnamcams advise and load up some mild custom rounds that would suit this rifle.

You may even want to consider using gas checked lead projectiles.

Have fun shooting it

Cheers
Pete

Fantastic info @Marty Henry, and thanks everyone for their help @ Vietnamcam @Pengy want to get together compare notes.
Will get the barrel checked before any live firing.

Off to see a man with a couple of crays and other seafood, looks like I owe him some serious thanks.

Again being on the recieving end of some forum generosity, learnt so much today, thank you @vietnamcam for taking some time from your day off to show me the ropes and get me going along the right path

Min charge loads. A thing of beauty in my eyes

Cool. Let me know if you want to try them out at mine. We can safely shoot to 100. Possibly further if the guy at the airstrip is good with it

Originally Posted by Pengy

Cool. Let me know if you want to try them out at mine. We can safely shoot to 100. Possibly further if the guy at the airstrip is good with it

See you Tuesday if that suits. Will ring ya to sort.

Originally Posted by stingray

See you Tuesday if that suits. Will ring ya to sort.

No worries

very cool