Back in about 1963 there was flood of surplus Enfields that came to the US. Every hardware store had them stacked up like cord wood. The going price at the time was $16 each.
My dad bought me one, I was surprised how accurate the thing was. I didn't know about corrosive ammo and had some serious rust in the bore all the time, couldn't get rid of it.
I did a hack job trying to sporterize the gun, then put it up for years. In the late 70s a guy at work said he wanted to take up deer hunting but didn't want to spend much on a gun, I thought of that old Enfield. I cleaned the rust out of the bore one more time and sold it to him for $20, he loved it.
I don't miss my old Enfield, I bought a Marlin lever action in 35 rem that I hated and followed that with a Rem 700 BDL in the early 70s that will shoot sub minute groups all day long, will never part with the 700.
I will always be impressed with how rock solid an functional that old Endfield was. I can see why the British army kept it in service from 1895 until 1957, a great rifle!
