I’m trying to find out more information about this rifle. I saw the forgotten weapons episode kind of covering this, but some of the variations in this particular carbine are not exactly like the ones in his video. In his video, he talked about the trials rifles. May be being one of 100 known. I don’t know if this falls in that category or not like I said I’m still just trying to learn about all of these. I got in this collection. I forgot to mention that all of the rifles in this small 13 gun collection have incredibly beautiful bores.
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A "standard" Royal Irish Constabulary Carbine conversion of a LEC 1*, with the distinctive bulged foreend and lug for the P.1888 bayonet. This is from the first batch of 10K. You could try turning over the stock disc to see if the RIC markings are on the other side, or it may have been received by the US collector without the disc and he added one that he purchased.
Many of these RIC carbines were fairly beat up, but yours looks to be in excellent condition thumb1
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on October 07, 2025, 12:28:18 PM
A "standard" Royal Irish Constabulary Carbine conversion of a LEC 1*, with the distinctive bulged foreend and lug for the P.1888 bayonet. This is from the first batch of 10K. You could try turning over the stock disc to see if the RIC markings are on the other side, or it may have been received by the US collector without the disc and he added one that he purchased.
Many of these RIC carbines were fairly beat up, but yours looks to be in excellent condition thumb1
Thank you for your feedback. What do you think would be a good publication for covering all of the early Lee Enfield style rifles I’m trying to find as much information as I can but have not been able to find much on the Internet. Also, how do you know it’s a royal Irish constabulary?
Quote from: 100Acre on October 07, 2025, 09:31:36 PM
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on October 07, 2025, 12:28:18 PM
A "standard" Royal Irish Constabulary Carbine conversion of a LEC 1*, with the distinctive bulged foreend and lug for the P.1888 bayonet. This is from the first batch of 10K. You could try turning over the stock disc to see if the RIC markings are on the other side, or it may have been received by the US collector without the disc and he added one that he purchased.
Many of these RIC carbines were fairly beat up, but yours looks to be in excellent condition thumb1
Thank you for your feedback. What do you think would be a good publication for covering all of the early Lee Enfield style rifles I’m trying to find as much information as I can but have not been able to find much on the Internet. Also, how do you know it’s a royal Irish constabulary?
"The Lee-Enfield": A Century of Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield Rifles & Carbines" by Ian Skennerton, 2007 (ISBN: 9780949749826) is the definitive work on the subject.
No other Lee-Enfield carbine has that distinctive bulge in the foreend to accomodate the addition of the P.1888 bayonet lug (p. 454)
Here’s the relevant page from Skennerton on the RIC:
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Quote from: Phosphorus32 on October 08, 2025, 10:09:17 PM
Here’s the relevant page from Skennerton on the RIC:
(https://i.ibb.co/k6QCc7nW/IMG-8307.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BKqMspDS)
Which Ian Skennerton book is that from? Thanks.
The one I cited above:
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on October 08, 2025, 11:36:26 AM
"The Lee-Enfield": A Century of Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield Rifles & Carbines" by Ian Skennerton, 2007 (ISBN: 9780949749826) is the definitive work on the subject.
No other Lee-Enfield carbine has that distinctive bulge in the foreend to accomodate the addition of the P.1888 bayonet lug (p. 454)