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General Milsurp Weapons => Milsurp Hand Guns & Sub Guns => Topic started by: Phosphorus32 on November 19, 2018, 10:43:44 PM

Title: Enfield No2 Mk1**
Post by: Phosphorus32 on November 19, 2018, 10:43:44 PM
My items from the John Sukey auction arrived today. Here's a No2 Mk1** revolver, from 1944. It's a DAO break action revolver without a hammer spur. The positive ejection is quite cool when you crack open the hinged frame and the bullets or cases pop out under spring pressure.

It's chambered in 38 S&W but was known in military service as the 38-200, since the British developed a 200gr RN lead bullet for use in the pistol. PPU 38 S&W cartridges with 145gr bullets are shown. Those 200gr bullets would have been big slow bumblebees...slow but they'd still sting!

Pardon the flash photography but days have become short and I was anxious to post a few pics.

Cheers mates!

(https://preview.ibb.co/jY56x0/00-No2-Mk1starstar.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nF7KH0)

(https://preview.ibb.co/eEdRx0/01-right-closed.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dg3tc0)

(https://preview.ibb.co/n5Fjjf/02-right-open.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mfN8AL)

(https://preview.ibb.co/mVWPjf/03-left-closed.jpg) (https://ibb.co/msxaqL)

(https://preview.ibb.co/mtZoAL/04-left-open.jpg) (https://ibb.co/eTmeH0)

(https://preview.ibb.co/bT4ic0/05-SN-frame.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gigUH0)

(https://preview.ibb.co/nyXQqL/06-SN-cylinder.jpg) (https://ibb.co/kZfpH0)

(https://preview.ibb.co/girkqL/07-full-cylinder.jpg) (https://ibb.co/i9S3c0)

(https://preview.ibb.co/eoxEjf/IMG-0798.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jptn4f)
Title: Re: Enfield No2 Mk1**
Post by: Phosphorus32 on November 19, 2018, 11:10:01 PM
Behind the scenes, GM pointed out that the British soon developed an FMJ round due to concerns about violating The Hague Convention with regard to the use of “expanding” bullets.
Title: Re: Enfield No2 Mk1**
Post by: Greasemonkey on November 19, 2018, 11:15:17 PM
I like it...drool2 You know it's coming, the usual question.  So, can I have it.. rofl

The 38 S&W is a bit of an oddity round.. it's not like the 38 spl...with a diameter of .357, it's a .361 diameter bullet. Its also one round that had a heck of a service life being first made in 1877 and used in the S&W Model 2, and used by Britain well into the 1960s.
Title: Re: Enfield No2 Mk1**
Post by: Phosphorus32 on November 19, 2018, 11:21:41 PM
I like it...drool2 You know it's coming, the usual question.  So, can I have it.. rofl

 rofl yup, and you know what’s coming. I’d mail it out west but wouldn’t want it to get lost in Montana  ;)

The 38 S&W is a bit of an oddity round.. it's not like the 38 spl...with a diameter of .357, it's a .361 diameter bullet. Its also one round that had a heck of a service life being first made in 1877 and used in the S&W Model 2, and used by Britain well into the 1960s.

.361, that is an oddity. I’d blame it on British eccentricity but with S&W in the name I guess that’s out
Title: Re: Enfield No2 Mk1**
Post by: Greasemonkey on November 19, 2018, 11:43:10 PM
The bullet diameter is kind of a carry over from the black powder era, basically it's roughly a 36 caliber black powder ball measurement, then throw in heeled bullets and other designs from those days. This is a good explanation of the whole mess.  http://blog.westernpowders.com/2017/04/caliber-confusion/
Title: Re: Enfield No2 Mk1**
Post by: carls sks on November 20, 2018, 09:15:52 AM
neat, learn something too. thanks for sharing.  thumb1
Title: Re: Enfield No2 Mk1**
Post by: Phosphorus32 on November 20, 2018, 03:30:49 PM
The bullet diameter is kind of a carry over from the black powder era, basically it's roughly a 36 caliber black powder ball measurement, then throw in heeled bullets and other designs from those days. This is a good explanation of the whole mess.  http://blog.westernpowders.com/2017/04/caliber-confusion/

Interesting. If there is one thing consistent in bullet, caliber, cartridge dimensions in the gun world...it is inconsistency  rofl
Title: Re: Enfield No2 Mk1**
Post by: Phosphorus32 on November 20, 2018, 03:31:21 PM
neat, learn something too. thanks for sharing.  thumb1

Thank-you Carl!  :)
Title: Re: Enfield No2 Mk1**
Post by: Phosphorus32 on November 21, 2018, 11:40:15 AM
These were made at RSAF Enfield and Albion Motors in Scotland. Mine is of the far more common Enfield manufacture. Lay a block letter E F and D on top of one another and you get the D with a line in the middle as shown in the first picture.