1880 ENFIELD IC1 MHCC
Hello everyone. Brand new to bmf. You all seem to have the most MH knowledge of all the WWW! I haven't found much info online about IC1's. I know 130k made, but how rare are they now? I rarely see in...
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Bjay welcome to the forumI've put all the carbine variants on my website, not just IC1's but all other...
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Looks like it came from a Haj shop recently. Looks like a great bore and will make into a nice shooter. The lever if it has double line engraving came out of sporter rifle. The trigger may also be are...
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Zulu Neil your website is excellent, thank you. That's the only IC1 info I've been able to find. I wonder how many of the 130k ic1s were later converted to .303's? Oracle Doug. You are most correct...
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That stock disc with NOBEL/12/GLASGOW on it has me intrigued. I know Nobel were a Scotland-based explosives company & sold gunpowder, etc. & I'm wondering if the disc might not be the head off...
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Correct Pommy. Main explosives factory in Ardeer, with part of the old real estate still in use. The base markings on the shotgun cartridge are one of many designs used by Nobel over the years. Clive.
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Hello Bjay, and welcome to the forum. What Douglas means by the "double line engraving" is the border engraved on the lever, near the edges. This is usually found on sporting rifles, but with an...
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Studying the images in detail I go with DD on the stock, it is off a MKIII, but everything else looks ok, the proofs are Enfield, and, the barrel proofs do look convincing, not those poorly bashed out...
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Neil, Is there any way to indicate which manufacturer, Enfield or HRB made a particular carbine if the receiver detail has been removed? Inspection marks? Clive.
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