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- Pattern 14 enfield era date crack#
Jim recently retired, and he now serves as secretary of the Enfield Apprentices Association. One of his most recent positions was that of NATO Superintendant of the European Regional Test Centre for Small Arms Ammunition. He spent most of his career on Artillery and Tank Ammunition. He was an apprentice at RSAF fromġ962 till 1967 and worked at the factory until 1972, when he left to join the mainstream of the Ministry of Defence. Franklin, Orpington, Kent, UK Born in 1945, Jim is a dyed-in-the-Thames Londoner. He was the Founding President of the Northwestern Ontario Firearms Owners Association. He has been a Director, President, Past President and now Secretary for the Thunder Bay District Fish & Game Association Inc. He is a member of the Superior Pistol Club and when time allows shoots bullseye and IPSC. He has a degree in history from Lakehead University.
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Having been a collector and student of firearms, ammunition and assorted militaria for approximately 25 years, Jim owns Lee-Enfields and otherĬanadian marked fireams plus a good selection of Mausers and Mosin-Nagants. This museum collects and exhibits historical militaria of people of Northwestern Ontario who served in the Canadian armed forces. James Doherty, Thunder Bay, Ontario Jim works as Health & Environment Tech for a public utility and recently began working with the Thunder Bay He is an NRA-certified instructor and, when not conducting classes, maintains a web page for his local hunting club.
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Tom has visited the Imperial War Museum and the Enfield Pattern Room to "meet in person" many of the rifles described by Petrillo, Skennerton, and others. He has collected Lee-Enfields (and Webleys to keep them company) since 1963 and holds a federal Curio & Relic license.
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Thomas Caceci, Blacksburg, Virginia Tom is a professor of veterinary science at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, where he teaches histology and pathobiology. He occasionally writes articles for the SAAACA journal. Chris visits the Imperial War Museum from time to time and has contacts at the South African Museum of Military History. He is a registered firearms collector and a member of the South African Arms and Ammunition Collector’s Association. Chris acquired his first rifle (an 1898 Long Lee) at age 18. Currently a resident of South Africa, he was born in Zimbabwe, where his parents were keen sports and competition shooters. Baragwanath, Johannesburg, South Africa Chris is the Technical and Compliance Manager in the African Office of a well-known U.S. Barry has co-authored (with Robert Paddon) a book on post-1888 Canadian Military Rifles. He is a longtime collector and shooter of Lee-Enfields, receiving his first (a 1918 NRF) from his grandfather at age 16. A retired Captain in the Canadian Air Force, Barry twice shot at the Canadian Forces Small Arms Championships. He also has served as the Weapons Curator for the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Regimental Association Museum and is on theĮxecutive committee of the Historical Arms Collector Society of B.C. Barry is a Forensic Scientist for the Canadian Government, specializing in firearms and toolmark examination. Attachment 115821These cracks showed up in both factory and rebarreled actions.Barry Alexander, Vancouver, B.C.
Pattern 14 enfield era date crack#
Quickly remove the action or barreled action from the can of gas and wipe it dry then look over the front of the receiver ring and any cracks will show as a wet line running fore and aft usually only for a very short length.Ĭommercial crack finding agents most likely will work better and show better but back then gas was cheap and it does work. The gas being of fine nature will soak into the crack. Best way to check for cracks is to first clean the receiver using any method but soap and hot water seems to work well then set it in a can of gasoline ( outdoors ) overnight. The picture is about as good as I can get and if you look very close you can see the crack between the grease pencil lines. This receiver was found back about 1969 or 1070, one of several I have encountered.
Pattern 14 enfield era date cracked#
Even back in the hay days of the military rifle conversions finding a 1917 Enfield with a cracked receiver was a very rare thing and seldom encountered but they did exist.