Old Military arms are cool. I have several and they are a pieces of History. I have a M1917 Enfield with red bands painted on the forestock.Could never figure out what it meant.
Then while doing research the Red meant it was 30.06. The british had a lot of them in 303. When WW2 started and the Brits needed arms, the USA sent the 30.06 Enfields. They painted the bands to prevent confusion.They also sent the Enfields to China. So my rifle could have been around.
Way cool
i bought an Enfield NO3 out of a barrel at a grocery store for 15 bucks lmao true story! I wish I had the money then to have bought the whole barrel full. I never owned a 30.06 variant and dont think I would trust the bolt configuration for that round maybe they beefed it up to handle that?
I have some 303 ammo head stamped 1920 pulled a bullet to check the powder and out fell what appeared to be black match sticks they were loaded with cordite back then in stick form! My friend took a few to the range and they all went bang...