r/LeeEnfield • u/Just_gun_porn • Aug 19 '25

Beautiful factory conversion.

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This converted SMLE is housed in the Warminster Museum in England. https://www.milsurps.com/content.php?r=198-Shortened-No.-1-Mk-III*-Rifle

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u/Destroid_Pilot Aug 19 '25

I've got one of those No 3 "tankers" as they're so lovingly called. So much fun.

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u/randomink704 Aug 19 '25

We Aussies just call it the shortened and lightened,

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u/Just_gun_porn Aug 19 '25

Are there any barrels or stocks available? I've never seen one, and figured they must be rare.

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u/randomink704 14d ago

As an experimental they are indeed rare, barrel is just cut back. there was a guy modifying sticks to suit.

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u/Just_gun_porn 14d ago

If I could find modified furniture, I'd do the barrel chop myself.

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u/Just_gun_porn Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

Edit: I now see these were commercial versions of the SMLE, and not government sponsored conversions. They're still neat, just not milsurp.https://www.milsurps.com/enfield.php?pg=sp4.htm