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Where you find that?

Thanks great information mate 👍

That is really cool THANKS for showing.

...AUSGEZEICHNET!!!!!!!

Big surprise it’s in the condition of every other mummy wrapped rifle

ZAC thanks for showing i could use 3 of them. Would those slings work on a 1903 ? thanks

Glock doesn't have the sexy coolness of a Hi-Point

Faz = Fazakerley Liverpool England

I have a black and white photo of my dad relaxing in uniform at a bar in Singapore in 1957 during his RAF national service. I only recently saw the number 4 propped against a tree in the foreground of the photo.

I wonder if the darkish ends of some of the wood is caused by the cosmoline? If so, can it be scrubbed off with a toothbrush and mineral spirits?

Stunning rifle mate. Very envious!

Thanks ZacA for the drill bit tip !! and i subed ya too

Brand new JXP10 and I couldn't get a single round to feed. First thought it was the hollow points causing issue. Nope. The lips on the magazine. I had to open them up like you did and it cycles flawlessly now. Something as simple as a magazine, you'd think this wouldn't be an issue. Seems like a missed opportunity that the aftermarket isn't making reliable mags for them either.

I have a 1917 No.3 that my grandfather bought to go deer hunting with other family sometime late 50s or early 60s. He picked it up at an army/navy surplus, and I don't know if it was him or the fools at the store who did the hatchet job of "sporterizing" it, but they definitely sold him the wrong ammunition, so the story goes, and he griped the whole time about not being able to hunt. No one knew for sure when I got the rifle in the early 80s, but I'm guessing the dummies at the store sold him .303 Savage ammunition. When I got it, it came with a box of Peters 180g soft-nose. It is a well-worn but still decent shooter, with matching no.s that I'll restore one day when I find decent furniture and hardware that I can afford. Ps. Ironically, grandpa was a "doughboy" and was probably issued a P-17 Enfield. He only survived the war by almost dying of the Spanish Flu.

First of all you have to break the gun in! I've gotten bullets that were messed up!

I also have one. I took mine out of the wrapper years ago but never have shot it. My serial number is just under 1500 lower than yours.

Incredible!

Briliant tip...thanks worked a charm with the spade bit

I have the identical 1955 rifle I love it.

did not know that. mine is a 1946 so it likly has the standard bolt, but next time i get it out i will look.

I think being 68 years young we would have corrosion on us! LOL!

Where did you find it and how much can someone buy one for these days.I am very interested. What did you use to remove the cosmoline? I have used regular paint thinner in the past.

I seen the stamped import mark on front of barrel but was wondering if you knew who it is..? Thank you great video brother 👍

I have the same gun can you detail your cosmoline clean

Very nice color and wood pattern and amazing condition, the benefit of getting post WW2 rifles. I bought 2 No4 for $350 each from the massive Ethiopia imports to the US in 2021 they must have had many thousands of them for sale, I think some are still for sale at Royal Tiger imports but I got them form the big sale at Classic Firearms. The ones I received were both from ROF Maltby from 1941 which I think is second year of production, they for sure were made them in a rush so the they are stamped on without care crooked and hard to read but its a sign of the times in 1941 in a rush to get them made. Also one of them the wood appears to not have been completed properly and does not sit well against the bottom part but the wood patten is the same so was just made in a rush but the other rifle is fine, I plan to leave it as it is. The wood on both has wear from being in the desert and in use but no cracks thankfully. They both had a thick layer of dirt from the desert and it took me many many hours to clean them. The barrel head space on both seems normal a bullet gets stuck about halfway inserted so looks normal. I shot maybe 50 rounds so far and they are fun to shoot and kick less than a Mosin and maybe even less than a K31 surprisingly. I actually find the No4 action just more fun to use than a K31.

awesome rifle. Outstandingly accurate in the right hands. Beautiful

The Japanese had a far superior rifle in the Arisaka T-99 the first battle rifle with a stainless bore. The smle was a crude battle rifle as was the US m-1 Springfield

I almost cant watch. Jealous.

Mineral spirits is a petroleum product. It will degrease without completely removing oils I the pores of the metal. Acetone will remove all oils including cleaning out the pores of the metal and leaving it open to corrosion. You can use acetone, but plan to wipe down with a gun oil afterward. I’m confused as to vinegar and baking soda. The baking soda will neutralize the vinegar so what is accomplished? You can buy industrial grade vinegar at a hardware store. Another good but mild acid cleaner is coffee pot cleaner. For severely rusted metal Eastwood Products markets a rust dissolver to the classic car restorer crowd. It works but neutralize in baking soda afterward.

i want my body to be dipped in cosmoline when i die

I bought mine in 1987 for $75 and it just like the one in your video. I still have the paper and tags dated July 14, 1955. It looks brand new. Mine also came with a bayonet wrapped in the heavy wax base paper.

Saved a sporterized no4mk1 from a auction that was in fair shape but noticed the barrel wasn't cut. Paid $210 for it and sourced a new stock and some small parts including a bayonet and action cover. It's now a beautiful rifle

Did ya shoot her yet???

nice find. congrats. hope this beauty stays in your family

The nicest enfields, my Irish is 12/54 and I’ve got an unmarked one that seems to be unissued.

I have an Irish Contract No4 MK2. In Ireland. I only have 20 rounds through it. Love the rifle.

Lovely man, just lovely. I would not be too worried about bruising the wood some, at all. Just keep those screw heads nice and clean and sharp and so on.

Cleaning the cosmoline off is a pain in the @$$.I bought a cmp Danish m1 rifle and it was nasty. Still in the safe and never fired. I have another m1 that I use. Good video and nice rifle.

I saw some new old stock mk 3's for sale a few years ago. I was very tempted to buy one. From memory, they were $1600 Aud. I thought to myself at the time "what do I need a .303 for?", "I'll put a box of ammo through it at the range and it will sit in the safe collecting dust". Do you reckon I'm not kicking myself now.

What a beautiful piece of history. It's incredible.

I've seen people put the whole rifle under some kind of heat or put it in a oven to heat up and run off the cosmoline. Apparently it might be a thing when it is absorbed into the wood. Is it like vaseline? Anyways I'm 3/4 or so through video and am enjoying it so much. Need to get a lee enfield I would love to see how well I could rapid fire one of them.

Have A17775 First rifle I was trained on as a Queens Marksman in the UK.... Mine was brand new unfired just not wrapped thank god lol

She's a beaut!

These are great rifles. Congrats on your acquisition and I hope you have years of enjoyment with it, then pass it on to the next lucky soul. I have a few of these particular Enfields both wrapped and unwrapped and often agonize over whether to preserve or use them. I could argue passionately both ways…life is like that. Cheers.

Where you them from?

If anyone can guess the correct number of times this guy says Cosmoline, you win 1 million jars of Cosmoline

I too had a Number 4 mk2 in the PF range when I was shooting here in the uk. My one was an ex Royal Air Force weapon and had seen no use at all until it came onto the civilian market in roughly 1994. I was the second owner and bought it from a friend who had put less than 50 rounds through it. It shot quite well and I as an experiment use 7.62 NATO bullets as they were a lot cheaper (IMI) surprisingly the groups I achieved with these .30 cal heads was incredible. I could get 9 out of ten shots within a 4"" group at 300 yards and won several trophies in my club. Beautiful rifle!

Truly one of the best bolt action battle rifles to ever see combat use. I miss having one (and an M1917 that I was forced to part with).

Amazing rifle. Wish I had one. I have a K31 that is pristine like yours and I love the strait pull.

There need to be more full bore rifle clubs and ranges in the UK where can keep and fire these wonderful rifles