Reply With QuoteIt looks like the trainer version of the SMLE (Short Magazine Lee Enfield) which is an air gun. It was used for training during world war 2.
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Anyone know what this is? I know it's not an airgun but it is interesting....
Anyone feel like valueing it, complete with box? I understand the box is much rarer than the already rare gun.
Jonathan
Last edited by Snapshot; 10-07-2015 at 08:43 AM.
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It looks like the trainer version of the SMLE (Short Magazine Lee Enfield) which is an air gun. It was used for training during world war 2.
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Very close but no cigar.
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Its a shop counter
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Looks more like a Pattern 14 (or 17), although without the characteristic bolt handle.
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Looks like a swift training rifle.
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One cigar awarded to Mr Doyle. I'll post some more piccies later.
Jonathan
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Come on then Stuart give us a bit of info on the Swift training rifle.
Andy Y
ps as you don`t smoke ,I`ll take Jon`s cigar off ya.
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OK serious time.
Whats a swift training rifle. How much is it worth (with the box)?
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It's a training rifle based on the SMLE as Luddite guessed but it's earlier than WWII (twenties, I believe) and doesn't actually fire anything. It simulates the recoil of the working gun as there's a big spring inside and a spike comes out of the front to puncture a target placed just in front of the gun and show POI. To find one with a matching box is extremely rare and we don't know its value yet.
More pics here and here.
Jonathan
Last edited by Snapshot; 16-01-2008 at 08:35 PM.
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Originally Posted by Snapshot
Me thinks you cocked the links up
The impossible I do immediately, miracles take 24 hours..
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE,IT JUST COSTS MORE
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Sorry but I still say it looks more like a P14.
Iain
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Their were used as a training aid by the Home Guard to simulate sighting and firing without the need for live fire.
Try here for an idea on price
http://www.avrick-antiques.co.uk/phd...ocument&part=4
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/publi...&iSaleNo=15101
DECIDED TO REMOVE MY GUN LIST JUST INCASE
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I agree with Iain it looks much more like the P14 action than an SMLE. I rember seeing an article in one of the shooting mags a few years ago but dont recall what gun the trainer was based on.
Alan
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Only briefly. I keep forgetting about case sensitivity in Unix....Me thinks you cocked the links up
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