Although considered to be a trials rifle approximately 20,000 of these were produced between 1922 & 1924 but it was considered to expensive to convert existing stocks for SMLE MkIII rifles so it never saw general British Service Issue with most of them being sold to Greece and Ireland. This 1924 dated Sht LE MkV has come from my own collection and is probably one of the best examples that I have seen. It has original numbers throughout and is in very good condition considering it is now over 100 years old, the barrel is clean and bright with signs of wear to the rifling. An exceptional rifle for the Enfield collector and home load shooter as these rifle were designed to use flat based bullets not the boat tailed bullets that are now found with modern commercially produced ammunition.
Stock number 441
Although considered to be a trials rifle approximately 20,000 of these were produced between 1922 & 1924 but it was considered to expensive to convert existing stocks for SMLE MkIII rifles so it never saw general British Service Issue with most of them being sold to Greece and Ireland. This 1924 dated Sht LE MkV has come from my own collection and is probably one of the best examples that I have seen. It has original numbers throughout and is in very good condition considering it is now over 100 years old, the barrel is clean and bright with signs of wear to the rifling. An exceptional rifle for the Enfield collector and home load shooter as these rifle were designed to use flat based bullets not the boat tailed bullets that are now found with modern commercially produced ammunition.
Stock number 441