I still want to get an Enfield or two, but it looks like I will need to study up on them first.From All About Enfields The No4Mk1 rifle There’s a good chance that the fore-end will shatter with as few as 20 or 30 round fired. And if the recoil lugs are missing, it is not only a parts gun-it is dangerous to shoot. If you find different serial numbers on different parts, this is clear evidence that it is a parts gun. (Many “new Lithgow” parts guns appear to have been assembled on receivers imported by John Jovino & Co.) If you find a 4-digit serial number with no prefix letter and an “A” suffix, this is clear evidence that it is not a Lithgow factory rifle. If you find the receiver marked with a “JJ CO NY NY” import stamp, assume it’s a parts gun unless you have clear evidence to the contrary.
This was the height of the war, and virtually all rifles manufactured were issued. If you find a “new” Lithgow with a 1943 or 1944 date, be highly suspicious. Also, legitimate factory rifles will have brass or copper recoil plates installed on the fore-ends where the sear boss bears against the wood. Neither the nose cap nor the bottom of the backsight leaf will carry a different serial number on these rifles. Such rifles would have 5-digit serial numbers with either an “E” or an “F” serial number prefix, and the serial number would be stamped on the rear of the bolt handle and on the bottom of the fore-end, as well as on the receiver ring. It is possible (though not likely) that some Lithgow-manufactured rifles with late-1945 (or later) dates were kept in storage and subsequently surplused out in unfired or unissued condition. The parts are new, and the rifles were never issued-but they aren’t Lithgow factory rifles by any stretch of the imagination! They’re recently-built parts guns. Watch out for these! Quite a few “new Lithgow” rifles have been built just within the last few years from spare parts bought from the Australian government. 1 Mk III* (Lithgow - 'New') Often advertised as “collector grade” or “mint - unfired” or “unissued” and selling for $200 and up. I bought, then promptly returned, one of these. If its Australian and in "unissued" condition, it's been assembled from parts.
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