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Offline mazo kid

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P53 Enfield....
« on: October 19, 2020, 11:24:40 AM »
...or what's left of it. I got this from an elderly friend many years ago.
There is a story that goes with it, but I won't go into that now.
« Last Edit: October 19, 2020, 11:26:11 AM by mazo kid »
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2020, 11:28:24 AM »
The lock innards.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2020, 11:30:49 AM »
Nasty looking barrel.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2020, 11:32:45 AM »
Full length.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2020, 11:35:50 AM »
Trigger assembly.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2020, 11:37:37 AM »
More of the break.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2020, 11:40:11 AM »
Buttstock and brass buttplate.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2020, 11:41:55 AM »
Another view of the break.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2020, 11:45:33 AM »
I do have the brass trigger guard.....someplace L@J I just didn't come across it while I was gathering up these parts.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2020, 02:46:06 PM »
Now I do have one of those. The lock is dated 1861. I also have an original bayonet. Top is original, bottom is repro.

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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2020, 03:14:22 PM »
Holy moly! Either a tank ran that poor thing over, or someone used it as a crow-bar.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2020, 03:54:28 PM »
Quote from: ShotgunDave on October 19, 2020, 03:14:22 PM
Holy moly! Either a tank ran that poor thing over, or someone used it as a crow-bar.

I don't know the story behind that one but I've seen a lot of battlefield relics and the things artillery fire did to stuff was amazing. I saw a Springfield bayonet once that was perfectly rolled up from tip to socket.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2020, 05:15:55 PM »
This had been a nice musket! The friend I got it from was moving and had this standing up in an open trailer back in the 20s. Trailer had a tire blow out and rolled over  (jh I think I have some of the rest of the stock splinters too.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2020, 06:59:50 AM »
That barrel was quite advanced at the time, permitting the soldier to stand sheltered behind a tree while firing.
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Re: P53 Enfield....
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2020, 11:07:14 AM »
 *6' No wonder they were importing them.
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