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[Raider4]

Cabin boy?

Named Roger?

[Steve J]

I imagined that the rifle would be pointing with the magazine to the front, as it looks strange to me with it pointing to the left. And yes he does look young, but maybe that's because I'm getting old!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Your right there Steve...

[John Cook]

No he isn't!  The photographer has taken the picture at the second position before the movement was completed. 

[Steve J]

I stand corrected John!

[Techno II]

The other thing that 'looks odd' (to me).......I presume it's the rear sight, which gives the impression that he's got a tiny moustache.
But then, my eyes do seem to do strange things.

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Looks like a No 4 - in which case the rear site would be over rear of bolt, it's got me in my normal state - confused

[John Cook]

Looks like a No 4 - in which case the rear site would be over rear of bolt, it's got me in my normal state - confused

The sight on a No4 was indeed over the receiver as you say, but the rifle in the photo is a No1 MkIII on which the rear sight was over the barrel, forward of the breech.  If you are really interested in the Lee-Enfield rifle, and I concede most people are probably not, go here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Enfield

[John Cook]

I stand corrected John!

No problem, I knew my Drill and Duties Course, 1970-something-or-other, would come in useful one day.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Fired the No 4 a fair few times....and the SMLE rebarrled for .22

[Ben Waterhouse]

Fired the No 4 a fair few times....and the SMLE rebarrled for .22

Me too; standard rifle in my DWR ACF platoon when I joined at 13 many, many years ago...

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

How's the shoulder ?

[Ben Waterhouse]

Don't remind me, good practice for firing The Rifle (TM) in the Territorials...

[T13A]

And I thought I was old remembering being trained on the SLR and Stirling SMG! 

Cheers Paul

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Used them and the L4 Bren as well. SLR on gas 0 was worse than the No 4. Those I fired at school, CCF.