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A local gunshop has a SMLE .22 trainer for sale. The advert says it is converted from a SMLE Mk III complete with volley sights and cut off. I thought it sounded like a pattern 1914 trainer so I phoned up to get more details. It seems it is a commercial conversion as it has the retailer/gunmakers name on it, but I have forgotten who it is. I have not seen a commercial .22 SMLE trainer before, only the military ones and wondered if anyone else has one.

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Peter..

no , but id sure like to see it , ive only heard of the jjjovino[sp?] parts guns , this might be an excelent shooter - if the price is right , and who knows , someone wiser than i may tell you its a very collectible rare piece ,

Many of the military .22 trainers were converted by the trade.

A.G.Parker of Birmingham did many of the early conversions and during WW2 there were other commercial conversions.

Grab it