This is my dilemma. There are two major types of Enfields: the #1 mark 3 and the #4 mark 1. The #4 is the prettier gun, I can get one made in America in the early 40's, and it is generally a bit smoother and improved over the older #1 mk3.
So where's the dilemma, you may ask? Well, the #4's don't come with this.
That's 17 inches of blade. The British transitioned slowly from the Halberd to the rifle, seemingly reluctant to give up any capability when it came to stabbing. They finally went to a smaller blade for the #4 Enfield because the overall weight of the gun went up quite a bit and reducing the length of the sword on the end was the most obvious place to cut some weight.
Here's a side by side of the guns.
Enfield #1 mkIII
Enfield #4 mk1
So, I can either get a nice rifle or a polearm that also happens to shoot bullets. Decisions, decisions...
UPDATE: I have since learned that I can also get a #1 mkIII Enfield that is wire wrapped. The idea was to reinforce the stock so it could be used to fire grenades. The plain Jane version of the #1 MkIII is ugly but this could take it over the top to bulldog ugly. You know, endearingly ugly.
3 comments:
Go for the Endearingly Ugly!
The real question is, where can you actually buy grenades?
The real question is when will ATF come for me?
But yeah, they apparently stuck the grenades on posts that got shoved into the barrel of the gun. Hopefully it won't mean the barrel is shot (worn out.)
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