Lee-Enfield No 4 Mk I* (T) Sniper Rifle : British Army

Lee-Enfield No 4 Mk 1* (T) Sniper Rifle. Receiver butt socket strap stamped M 47 C over 1943 over the serial number and TR. Butt wrist stamped with the telescope number 11142 and S.51 underneath. This rifle is fitted with a Number 32 telescopic sight, accessioned as REL/19546.003 and has a cheek piece screwed to the butt.

The markings on this rifle indicate that it was manufactured at the Birmingham Small Arms factory at Shirley in England (M 47 C) and set up as a sniper rifle by Holland and Holland of London, England (S.51) with a No 32 telescopic sight. The No 4 Mk1*(T) rifle was not used by Australian forces during the Second World War, although a few were encountered in Korea with the British and Canadian troops.