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Consequently, it was a somewhat complicated, finely made assembly.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMA has found a very few complete No. 8 trigger assemblies.  They are in very nice condition although dirty from long storage.  The double spring assembly at the front of the mechanism seats into the bottom of the cartridge tray device, and the axis pin, which is not available, is the rear securing pin of the cartridge tray.  A picture of the cartridge tray can be seen at BB5142, the bolt and tray set.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"No","offer_id":25651058501,"sku":"BB5143","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Yes","offer_id":25651058757,"sku":"BB5143","price":109.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/products\/bb5143w__2.jpg?v=1600341471"},{"product_id":"original-wwii-dated-british-enfield-web-khaki-sling-with-steel-fittings","title":"Original WWII Dated British Enfield Web Khaki Sling with Steel Fittings","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Superseding all leather slings of the early war years came these web Enfield rifle slings with Steel fittings. We offer war time web slings and all are WWII dated. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eColors vary from light tan to olive green, and may show staining from their time in service. \u003c\/span\u003eGood\/Very good condition. 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The models specified are the Charger-Loading Lee Metford Mk II, Charger-Loading Lee Enfield Mk I*, .22 Short Rifle Mk I, .22 Short Rifle Mk II, and the .22 Long Rifle Mk II. (For pictures of these rifles with the protector in place, see Ian Skennerton’s The Lee Enfield 2007, Pages 448, 457, 478, 479, and 483.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe right side of the protector is marked with a capital letter E, indicating manufacture at Enfield; the left side is marked with an inspector’s mark consisting of the Broad Arrow over EFD. These protectors look unissued, although the finish is generally gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNOTE: The rifles for which these protectors are specified can be identified by a transverse hole drilled through the sight base for the screw that secures the protector. 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When buttoned the sling would be tight for drill purposes and would be unbuttoned for use in shooting or carrying the rifle over a shoulder. The butt end of the sling with standard leather thong securing attachment as found on later British Army issued slings used from the 1870s through WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is one of our customer's best efforts in describing how to correctly attach this sling:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHold both your hands out and lay the sling on them with the smooth side UP and the sewn-on loop on the left. Run the right (round end) end of the sling UP through the top sling swivel. Bring the end around and thread it through the sewn-on loop and continue it down to the lower sling swivel. Loop the end of the sling back through the swivel from back to front and tie the end to the body of the sling through the two sets of holes with the leather thong. I believe the knot should be facing the stock. 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All of these used the venerable .303 British.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntended for display purposes, these rounds of fired .303 British rifle ammunition have spent primers and no propellant, and are assembled with \u003cspan\u003egilding-metal (copper-like) colored bullets for a WWII look\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan\u003eThey were made for display purposes and were not dimensioned for functioning through the action.\u003c\/span\u003e Ideal for safe display with your SMLE Rifle collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: Cartridges are U.S. manufactured, and Cartridge head stamps vary. 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We cannot honor date choices.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2nd Boer War is over, and the limitations and deficiencies of the Valise Equipment, Pattern 1888 are well known. Everyone agrees that a replacement is needed and the Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Company of London, England, is eager to step in with its latest web equipment. The War Office, though, has other ideas, and when the new equipment is chosen, it is still a leather equipment, rather than cotton webbing. This new equipment was the Bandolier Equipment, Pattern 1903.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to Albert Lethern, author of the M.E.Co.. Golden Jubilee book, the choice of leather over Mills’ web was made because of a misunderstanding by the General Staff . During the war, the Mills Company had produced cheap, \"single use\" ammunition bandoliers made of very light woven webbing. The intention was solely for ammunition re-supply, cartridge pouches being re-filled and the bandolier discarded. In practice, these bandoliers were issued for wear by the growing numbers of Mounted Infantry then being deployed.. Because of their very light construction, the cartridge sleeves stretched and the reloaded cartridges enthusiastically flung themselves in all directions. Denys Reitz, in his book Commando, describes how he and his comrades followed the columns of soldiers. Along the route and wherever the Brits had halted, plenty of lost ammunition could be picked up by the Boers, who were using captured Lee-Metford rifles This misuse, from the Mills Company's viewpoint, prejudiced field commanders against all webbing. Amongst the \"hide bound officialdom\" (to use Lethern's oh-so-appropriate phrase), who gave damning reports against web, were Generals French, Plumer, Baden-Powell, Lord Roberts, and Lord Kitchener himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis problem was known at the time and instructions were issued to modify the heavier web waistbelts, which were actually being used as bandoliers. Leather (sometimes fabric) flaps were stitched along the top edge, secured to brass studs. M.W.C.B.Co. also re-designed the heavier bandoliers to have a continuous web flap. However, mud had been thrown and it had stuck, at least in the minds of senior officers. The damage had been done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does seem clear is that the Pattern 1903 equipment wasn't very good, at least as an infantry equipment. It had all of the old problems of Slade-Wallace: it was uncomfortable to wear, time consuming to put on and off, and the items being carried were not easily accessible in the field. The period between the Boer War and 1914 was little-photographed and, within five years, the Regular Army were re-equipping with Pattern 1908 Web Equipment. Bandolier Equipment was used to upgrade units of the Territorial Force, all of whom had been previously equipped with leather equipment of earlier patterns. Judging from contemporary photographs of the Great War, Pattern 1903 does not seem to have been terribly popular in the field. Probably the last widespread use of Bandolier Equipment was by a Territorial unit, the 1st\/5th Lancashire Fusiliers, who landed in Gallipoli, as shown in the photograph on the right. The Pattern did continue in use in the Great War, with Colonial units, campaigning in Africa and also many of the Indian Army units on the Western Front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor use by the cavalry, though, it seems to have been much more acceptable. M.E.Co.'s cavalry webbing of 1911 underwent military trials, and by 1914 General Sir John French had recommended it for adoption. The onset of war, though, prevented that from happening, and Pattern 1903 continued in use as a cavalry and second line equipment. Although the entire equipment does not seem to have been overly popular, the Bandoliers themselves, especially the five pocket version, are commonly seen in period photographs. They had become the distinguishing mark of the mounted soldier. Thus Drivers of the Corps of Royal Engineers also wore Bandoliers, but of the 50-round type, whereas cavalrymen all wore the 90-round version. In 1922, Ireland separated into the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland, or Ulster. Many of the 50-round Bandoliers were dyed black and issued to the newly formed Royal Ulster Constabulary, along with other items from the Pattern. 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There is a substantial steel Front Sight Mount with Bayonet Stand for affixing a Bayonet yet there is No Barrel or Action, just a simulated Trigger, trigger guard and fixed magazine and simulated aluminum Standard adjustable SMLE Back Sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach Dummy Rifle comes with a Butt Plate and provision for Sling Swivels although swivels are missing. These are un-cleaned and heavily greased from years of storage and may have minor chips, dings or wear. 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This is a very hard to find Australian Lithgow Armory manufactured  P-1907 Bayonet for the No.1 MkIII Enfield rifle, often called the SHT.LE, SMLE, S.M.L.E., \"Smelly\" etc. First issued for service in WWI, it is dated 1915 with an original scabbard. Unfortunately, due to the heavy wear, the button is now seized, and would not fit onto a bayonet unless the button was repaired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blade markings on this example are very faint, with \u003cstrong\u003e1907\u003c\/strong\u003e inside a shield, under the \u003cstrong\u003eAustralian Commonwealth 7-sided star\u003c\/strong\u003e. The left ricasso is marked \u003cstrong\u003e1915 \/ LITHGOW\u003c\/strong\u003e, indicating manufacture at the Lithgow Arsenal in 1915. Later bayonets would bear the marking MA. On the other ricasso it is stamped with the seven-pointed Commonwealth Star around \"A\" for Australian government acceptance. There is also the large 'X' blade bending mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLithgow Pattern 1907 bayonets were numbered to rifles on the pommel\/crossguard. The crossguard of this bayonet shows it was matched to a rifle and is marked\u003cstrong\u003e 4 MD 10678\u003c\/strong\u003e. There is no \"R\" on the hilt spine of this example, so it does not appear to have been refurbished for use in the 1950s. Blade condition is fair, though it does show a lot of heavy oxidation and wear. Grip panels show wear, as expected on a bayonet of this age. As mentioned, the attachment button is seized and the bayonet will not currently fit onto a rifle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scabbard is unmarked and the leather has heavy wear, but it is still solid overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a great chance to get an original WWI Australian bayonet. Bayonets such as this do not turn up often at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlade Length: 17\"\u003cbr\u003eBlade Style: Single Edge with Fuller\u003cbr\u003eOverall length: 21 3\/4\"\u003cbr\u003eCrossguard: 2 1\/2”\u003cbr\u003eScabbard Length: 17 1\/2\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistory of the P-1907 Bayonet\u003cbr\u003eThe Pattern 1907 bayonet replaced the earlier P-1903 bayonet, which was a double edged bayonet based on the P-1888 bayonet of the Lee-Metford rifle. The P-1903 had been developed for the \"Long\" Magazine Lee-Enfield, which was 49.6 inches in overall length. With the introduction of the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield in 1904, the 12 inch bayonet was no longer considered long enough for the 44.6 inch SMLE, so the 17 inch bladed 1907 was developed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn it's original form, the P-1907 had a hooked guard (quillon), which was then removed from the pattern in early WWI due to the questionable use and increased production time. 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