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Update
16th March 2022—
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Our new YouTube page... recent clips include 9mm Owen and
Austen -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsXBwYCDZac&ab_channel=IanSkennerton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufih0bBRZQ0&ab_channel=IanSkennerton

Subscribe to our YouTube channel if you want to see new clips...
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New online site with Collecting
column. Our first article...
https://straightshooting.com.au/category/history/

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UPDATE...

'Broad Arrow Mk 2' hard and soft
cover editions, Presentation edition only available from Oregon as
they sold out in Oz, NZ and UK.
Soft covers only in Oz, NZ & UK.
Some out-of-print Handbooks, AR15 and Mosin-Nagant were also reprinted,
now available again.
The Broad Arrow - Our 2020 edition was available
from September. Don't pay over US$1,000 for an old 2001 edition, the
Mk 2 is bigger and better!

Prices: US$50 (A$70) soft cover, US$100 (A$135) Presentation HC
edition with Resources CD enclosed. Separately, CD is $10.00.
Updated, improved edition with larger page size, 20+ more pages, illustrations, colour plates. Limited number of HC Presentation copies remain so don't delay.
Resources CD has folders of photos & pdf files with much
more detail
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Wilson Carbine in Tasmania ...
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Limited print run of only 150 hard
cover copies, A4 size,
150 pages in glorious colour, details of issues, known specimens,
tables, &c. by Mark Wright.
This rare capping-breech loader saw colonial service in
only one colony, Tasmania.
Don't miss out... $90- $100 post-paid for Australia.
Order from Mark - 0409 341 280...
jo.markwright@yahoo.com.au
Mark Wright - 1b Ellice Hill Drive, Spreyton, TAS 7310
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Check out
https://booksonwaraustralia.com/
for what has to be the widest array of military & unit history, campaigns,
weapons & equipment books in the Southern Hemisphere. Contact Trev if you
have any special inquiries, he is 'hands-on' and in direct contact with his
many satisfied customers.
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West Australian
auctions for arms & militaria in Morley, Perth.
Check out
www.jbmilitaryantiques.com.au/auction/jb-mliitary-antiques-auctions/
Lots are being accepted now for the next one.
Call
Jamey Blewitt, JB Military Antiques, 2/135 Russell St., Morley, WA 6062.
Tel: +61 (08) 9276 5113
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Lee-Enfield shooters
- LERA (Lee-Enfield Rifle Association of Australia) shoots at
Hill End in country NSW. www.leraa.com
Facebook page is
www.facebook.com/groups/1721669698132136/ Enfields
rule!
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www.greenhillbooks.com
has a good range of reasonably priced books on weapons, campaigns and
general military. 'Lady Death', memoirs of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, famous
Russian sniper. The 2019 printing of 'The Sniper Encyclopedia' by John
Walter is recommended, I assisted with editing. See the Pen & Sword titles,
search 'Sniper' for some other related titles of interest.
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk and
search for sniper, weapons, &c.
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Replacement barrels on
Lithgow rifles can be determined by the number of inspection marks around
the breech, 'A' in a star with inspector's no. below. Barrels have 4 view
stamps around the breech circumference. A 5th was added after inspection,
screwed into the action body. So later replacement barrels can be
determined, usually a replacement serial no. was stamped when fitted during
FTR, at ordnance depot or by field armourer.
1st proof of the barrel was done in a proof block jig, 2nd proof with
barrel breeched up to action body. Barrels were dated on the left side
with year, e.g. '17 and serial nos. were added after they were mated up to
action body when the rifle was assembled. So now you know!
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New 'Collector' index on the
huge range of articles for the 30 quarterly and annual series. See
Collector index for quarterlies $5, annuals $20
plus p&p. Bulk discounts available or the full set for A$140. -
Lee-Enfield parts & armourers charts we have
for sale:
Ian's - For Sale page -
New
'Sword-bayonet Pattern 1907 in British Service' by
Michael Rose. First of 3 volumes, for 1907-1914. Follows Michael's series on
Patt. 1888 & Patt. 1903 bayonets. pb, 210 pages, well illustrated, compiled
resource material. E-mail Michael
fam.rose5@bigpond.com $55 plus
$13 postage (Australia).
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'No Front Line', Masters on Australian Special
Forces, Afghanistan, p.461-2 records kill at 2,815m by Pte. Henry & L/Cpl.
Steve with Barrett M82A1s near Keshmeshkhan on 2/4/2012. Recent report of
Canadian Joint Task Force 2 neutralising Islamist insurgents at 3,540m in
June 2017. 50 BMG rules! -
Don't pay so much for out-of-print e.g.
.303 No.4(T) Armourers Perspective!
Our new CD has pdf files including 'British Sniper', L42A1 & L39A1 Manuals &
Parts Catalogue, Faris catalogue, photo folders, video clips. We'll do a CD
on out-of-print S.A.I.S. titles soon. $25 plus p&p... $6 in Oz, $10
overseas.
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Full On - Full Auto 1 - British & US Machineguns -
70 min. run time DVD
$25.00 + $8 p&p, $12 o'seas.
'Full Auto 2 - German & Comblock MGs' is now available.
'SLR, the FAL with Kevin Adams'
is out as well. -
30 Years - From piano & synths to film.
Music
CD by Ian Skennerton, $9.50 plus p&p.
Run time c.80 minutes, mostly classical piano; synthesisers near
the end. -
Small Arms Series Live
DVD SMLE trailer from Badger at Milsurps Forum.
Click strip to download 8 min. trailer, well worth the wait!
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Brian Labudda, Wondai shop... Bigger, even more militaria,
parts, antiques, &c. Wondai Q.4606, main street (11-13 Scott St.). Old
service station on corner, last on the left headed north, or 1st on the
right going south on Bunya Highway (49) from Kingaroy. PO Box 770, Kingaroy
4610. Mob 0400 625 366
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More on Serial Number Stamps on Lee-Enfields...
When MLM, MLE & SMLE rifles left the factory, serials were usually stamped
only on the action body, barrel (right side of knox form) and bolt handle.
Base Ordnance Depots, workshops and armourers generally transcribed serials
onto underside of the sight leaf, fore-end (SMLE only) and nosecap (SMLE
only). Such stamps are usually different sizes to those on
the body and barrel.
For MLM, MLE and early SMLEs, action bodies started with a progressive lot
letter (no prefix at first then A thru' Z) prior to numbers being stamped,
so the letter can appear above or below the numbers as a suffix or prefix on
the earlier rifles and carbines. Letter prefix/suffix was often not recorded
in factory records, such as the sniper rifle conversion lists at Lithgow.
Detailed serial no. lists are found in our Research CD for the S.M.L.E.
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Shortened SMLE's... We've noted shortened SMLE's in UK
museums listed as 'jungle rifles', unlike Lithgow Shortened & Lightened
(20.2-in. brl.) they are converted or modified downgraded SMLE rifles. Pre-dating Far East
needs, they're not 'jungle rifles'. Examination
leads us to believe they were modified at Base Ordnance
Depots, some parts are unnumbered, spares or cannibalised.
Some AFV schedules have rifles but fitting prevents a 44.5-in. SMLE.
Pre-WW2, this only leaves a shortened No.1, by about 5-ins. A short rifle in
Faris collection lead us to conclude that the requirement would be for AFV
during WW2 when his was modified from a 1941 Lithgow. 'Tanker' models
extend well beyond the British realm. After the word spreads, beware of
fakes! -
Courtesy
of Ian Kuring, author of 'Redcoats to Cams'. Ian sent us pics
from the Enfield housing estate. With original RSAF Enfield building
preserved, this plaque is a fitting tribute to Herb Woodend, now dispayed
outside. -
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Check our
www.enfieldcollector.com
site; eventually there will be pages on .577 Enfield, Snider-Enfield,
Martini, MLM & MLE, SMLE, Rifle No.4, &c.
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#23 L-E Parts Catalog


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Small Arms Identification Series
last
series titles ... US$10.00 ea.
SAIS #22 British Empire Sniper Rifles
with parts, line drawings, mounts & scopes.
New information on the Canadian, Australian & Indian conversions.
SAIS #23 Lee-Enfield Parts Catalogue shows MLM, MLE, SMLE, No.4, No.5
& .22 rifle parts by items. Side by side comparisons: bodies, bolts, sights,
nosecaps, furniture, &c.
SAIS #24 9mm Sten Mk V, VI & II(S) to complement SAIS #11
on the Mk I, II & III Sten models. This is the final booklet in our Small Arms
Identification Series manuals. |
Collector #30: $19.50
Siamese Portal: $4.00
New HANDBOOKS #39 (Ruger 10/22) & #40 (Winchester M1892);SAIS #24 (Sten Mk
V, VI & IIS) |
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CURRENT BULLETIN—
New
MG Shoots north Arizona.
The range at the Wagonbow Ranch turn-off near Wikieup on state 93, is 42 miles
south of Kingman and I-40, 130 miles from Las Vegas, 150 miles from Pheonix or
160 miles from Flagstaff. Flagstaff has the best priced motels for travellers!
The high
desert range in the Aquarius mountains has four shoots each year, the MG
Shooters website is at
www.mgshooters.com
Postal address: MG Shooters LLC, PO Box
5672, Scottsdale AZ 85261. Call Ed Hope: (928) 527-9171.
The SAAACA (Southern Africa Arms & Ammunition Collectors Association)
now posts Journals by e-mail .pdf files in color.
Back issues are also available. The range of topics is from
antique to modern, rifles, pistols, bayonets, machine guns, ammo, &c. Go to
www.saaaca.org.za
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Small
Arms Identification Series: exploded parts drawings,
stripping,
&c.:
SAIS #1 .303 Rifle No.1 SMLE rep.
SAIS #2 .303 Rifle No.4 reprinted
SAIS #3 9mm Austen&Owen MC reprint
SAIS #4 .303 Rifle No.5 Mk I reprinted
SAIS #5 .303 Bren LMG reprinted
SAIS #6 British Sword&Lance- out of print
SAIS #7 .303 MLM & MLE Rifles
SAIS #8 .303 Vickers MG Mk I reprint
SAIS #9 .455 Webley Revolver reprint
SAIS #10 .303 Patt. 1914 & Snipers
SAIS #11 9mm Sten Mk I, I*, 2 & 3 reprint
SAIS #12 7.62mm L1 & C1 FAL
SAIS #13 Special Lee-Enfield, De Lisle, autos
SAIS #14 .303 Lewis M.G.- out of print
SAIS #15 .450 & .303 Martini reprinted
SAIS #16 British Empire Cadet Rifles
SAIS #17 .45 Thompson SMG
SAIS #18 7.62mm L42A1, L39, 2A &c.
SAIS #19 Australian SMLE Variations
SAIS #20 .577 Snider-Enfield & Patt.53
SAIS #21 .30 Browning M1919A4 MG
SAIS #22 British Empire Sniper Rifles
SAIS #23 Lee-Enfield Parts Catalogue
SAIS #24 9mm Sten Mk V, VI & IIS
Handbooks... some are out of print now.
'Buyers
Guide to Lee-Enfields'
- 50 pages, colour
print pocket reference - in stock. |
.303 converted Carcano M91 long rifles in a rack (6 of) noticed at the
Lithgow SAF Museum along with Italian M94 carbine w/ folding
bayonet, re-chambered and re-bored for .303 British. Dutch 6.5mm Mannlichers
were converted to .303 at Lithgow for Dutch
East Indies, reportedly sunk by the Japanese en route to the Dutch
East Indies. These are the subject of an article posted on our
Archives page. The .303 Carcanos and .303 Mannlichers, both previously in 6.5mm
calibre, are very likely related.
The Lithgow Small Arms Museum campaign to buy the land and buildings from
Thales (no
longer ADI or Australian government) is no longer applicable. To contact the Museum write to LSA Museum,
PO Box 564, Lithgow NSW 2790, Australia.
www.enfieldcollector.com/lithgow.html to view this fine record of Australian
service and commercial firearms history.
US Army, Navy & Air Force
bases with 'public' museums are off limits to foreigners without prior
arrangement, since 9/11. Bases at Aberdeen, Rock Island,
Dayton AFB and others are open now only to US nationals as access to all U.S.
bases is restricted. Even if you are a British, Australian, Kiwi or Canadian
ally and ex-serviceman who served alongside U.S. forces!
So much for their allies whose men have also made
sacrifices for the cause. Politics again...
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