1943 Birmingham Small Arms No.4 Mk.I

[TomcatPC]

Hello
I just joined this forum last week, so thought I'd fire off a couple photos of what little I have.

This is the last Lee-Enfield Rifle that I have bought, I have a grand total of three at this time. This is the only one that I bought in original condition, as the other two were "sporterised". This is a run of the mill BSA No.4 Mk.I, not a big deal, but I'm grateful to have it.
Thanks
Mark

[DuncaninFrance]

Personally I don't think there has ever been a nicer battle rifle and I have BSA No:4 MkI and a K98k Mauser.

[TomcatPC]

God-Willing...I get to fire this rifle for the first time this coming Saturday. One of my friends and I getting together and going to his rifle range to celebrate St. George's Day with firing our Lee-Enfield Rifles and our Webley & Scott Ltd. Revolvers .

If this No.4 Mk.I is anything like my No.4 Mk.I*, I'm certain I will be grateful to have bought it. I like most all Lee-Enfield/Metford Rifles, but I think I'm partial to the SMLE and the Victorian era Lee Metford/Enfield Rifles (not that I'll be able to own one anytime soon). I'm just going by looks, as for ease of use in action, I think the No.4 Mk.I is the better.
Mark

[DuncaninFrance]

I fly a St.Georges flag from my gate on the 23rd to remind the French how lucky they are

[TomcatPC]

I have flown my St. George's Cross Flag every 23 April for the last few years. I'm probably one of the few people in Toledo, Ohio, United States who are even aware of what 23 April is, and let alone care. I'm not certain if I will fly England's flag at the new house this year, simply because I am taking St. George's flag with me when I go to shoot at the range with my friend. Hopefully we will fly the flag there. I wonder if anyone will give us any crap about flying it? LOL

Being a third generation English-American who cares about my ancestry...sometimes I feel like that only one here where I live. I really think it would be great if more people in the U.S. who are of English Ancestry started to take an interest in there past, or try to locate living relatives in Blighty, etc. Anyway, odds are I will fly St George's Cross this Saturday, just not sure where I will fly it at.

Then again, I started this topic about my 1943 BSA No.4 Mk.I, so I'll try and get back on topic LOL. Really looking forward to loosing off some Mk.VII Cartridges this weekend. I've had this rifle for a while and not yet had a safe and legal place to fire it.
Thanks
Mark

[DuncaninFrance]

Everyone on here knows when St Georges Day is---------------------------------------Cos I Tell em!"

[Niner]

I had to look it up in Wikipedia and in the process found this remark:

There have also been calls to replace St George as patron saint of England, on the grounds that he was an obscure figure who had no direct connection with the country.[4] However there is no obvious consensus as to whom to replace him with, though names suggested include Edmund the Martyr,[5] Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, or Saint Alban, with the latter having topped a BBC Radio 4 poll on the subject

In the South we have Robert E. Lee's birthday on the third monday in January and it is a state holiday.......and everybody knows he is a saint that has been canonized by long tradition. Of course we, nominally, celebrate Martin Luther King's birthday on the same day to keep everything on an even keel. Of course you have to be careful about what flags you fly now days......there is the red neck factor to be considered and it could get complicated trying to come to some satisfactory and socially non provoking flag waving solution.

[A square 10]

well - first congrats on that nice no4 , hope you get your shooting in and all goes well , sure it will

im partial to BSAs myself , mostly my early rifles are of that persuasion , tended to FAZ and LB in my no4s just by happenstance

as to flyin flags - im sick of the PC crap - ill fly the stars and bars if'n i please and anyone doesnt like it can kiss my redneck A-- , but i fly the cross of st andrew along with a couple representing my wife and my heritage below my stars and stripes mostly

[Niner]

I find this flag thing interesting on a few levels....but I apologize for making my last post about flags considering the potential for causing some ruffled feathers and for detracting from the original purpose of this string.

[TomcatPC]

To celebrate St. George's Day today, I finally got a chance to fire this rifle. The first 20 rounds I shot were some reloads that I loaded that were cast lead bullets. Total bollocks...key-holed left, right , centre, with a large "spread". Then I fired a box of new commercial made Mk.VII Ball cartridges...talk about a difference between night and day. It shot like a Lee-Enfield is meant to shoot. God-willing, when I have the cash to buy and/or load decent cartridges and find a safe/legal place to shoot on a regular basis, I think I could get good with this rifle.
Mark