RIC Carbines with Graffiti + B Specials use of Carbines I am currently writing a scholarly book on Lee-Enfield Royal Irish Constabulary pattern carbines, 11,200 of which were in the early 20th century converted to the police pattern from the UK cavalry-pattern carbines of the day. For your reference...

New Publication on New Zealand Pattern Lee-Enfield Carbines Just to let you know, chaps, that there’s a new glossy booklet out on NZ pattern L-E carbines: A Full Accounting of New Zealand Pattern Carbine Production . It’s by, if I say so myself, yours truly. It’s published by the New Zealand Antique...

While we’re at it, can you please tell me the original serial number of the replacement Enfield barrel? Sometime you can see it, partially buffed off, next to the retro-stamped serial number impressed to match the LMC receiver number. If not, you can almost invariably find it on the backsight, cross...

RICC Metford Conversions Guys, As you may know, I’m working on a large study of Lee-Enfield Royal Irish Constabulary carbines. My database is up to 212 carbines by now. Can you do me a favor, please? I am having a hard job figuring out exactly when the RICCs were converted to RICC. The butt roundels...

Yep, got this one, thanks. Interesting crude Union flag scratched onto the butt just to the left of the brass disc.

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RIC Carbine Survival Rate Anomaly Friends, As you may have seen from an earlier posting at this forum, I am doing research into, and building a database on, Lee-Enfield RIC pattern carbines. At present, the spreadsheet stands at 155 carbines, which is about 1.4 percent to the total made. One thing i...

Friends, Thank you for submitting your RIC carbines’ data to me. I have, however, been running into some confusion on the issue if the “sun” stamp I mentioned. I may not have explained myself properly. Please take a look at the three pics below, which represent the overwhelming majority of butt stam...

Thanks, Duncan.

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29 Feb. 2020 RIC Carbine Research and Survey (please sticky) Greetings, all. This message is being posted to various historical and gun-collecting forums, specifically to those related to the Royal Irish Constabulary, early Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield firearms, and general Victorian-era British and ...

And here are the first four pics.

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