.410 enfield

buckdeer

June 16, 2004 20:40

my brother recently showed me a bolt action single shot 410 that appeared to be an enfield mk 111. i was just curious if anyone knew anything about these guns. the barrel and most of the stampings appeared to be original but i don't know much about enfields so any insights you might have are welcome.

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  rufe-snow

  June 16, 2004 21:30

  Due to the very restrictive firearms laws in England. Many military rifles were converted to .410 single shot shotguns. This was the only way to own what was once a military rifle. Shotguns weren't regulated/licensed as severally as rifled arms at that time.
  
  

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  bobski

  June 17, 2004 16:38

  additionally, many of these enfields were converted, sold, and used heavily as prison guns in the britsh empire. a lot were sold to india at wars end to be used for police use and crowd control. i owned a few and got rid of them when i realized they were converted rifles designed around the brass 410 hull. traditional modern plastic hulls had a tendency to shoot off the hull at the base. for some reason it sticks in my mind they were chambered for 3" only. they had no worth to me if they didnt shoot skeet loads. i sold em.
  
  former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, former navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction.

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  Donld

  June 17, 2004 18:51

  You can get a LOT more information about your gun at www.milsurpshooter.net, including ways to fireform .303 British brass into shotgun cases. There's a lot both in the Enfield forum and the Military Shotgun forum. I have a couple of these, and they are easy to load for and a lot of fun to shoot.

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  D@D

  June 17, 2004 19:04

  I think it was Centuryarms that sold them for 50 or 60 bucks at one time. Might still have some.
  
  Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat

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  rufe-snow

  June 17, 2004 19:17

  quote:Originally posted by Donld
  You can get a LOT more information about your gun at www.milsurpshooter.net, including ways to fireform .303 British brass into shotgun cases. There's a lot both in the Enfield forum and the Military Shotgun forum. I have a couple of these, and they are easy to load for and a lot of fun to shoot.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  http://milsurpshooter.net/
  
  

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  buckdeer

  June 20, 2004 14:09

  thanks for the info one and all

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  soop

  June 21, 2004 16:16

  I`ve got one and it shoots regular 3 inch shells just fine.

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