The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Hello. I'm looking at a 1940 enfield lithgow and I can't find any serial numbers on the bolt or magazine. Otherwise it looks complete and original. Don't know much about them- any suggestions? Should it be serial numbered? Shop is wanting $200.

I assume it's a no4 mk1 or mk2??

$200 it's a fair price if it's not bubba'd.. Pics would help though

I thinks it's a no 1 mk 3. The stock goes out to the muzzle. Shouldn't it have serial numbers on the mag and bolt?

Magazines have them but rarely match, mags with no numbers are common. There should be a matching numbers on the bolt, or at least a number, So long as the headspace is good the bolt number doesn't matter, not at $200,

The Lithgows, nice ones, anyway, go for more money, on a consistent basis, as opposed to comparable No1 Mk 3's. I don't have enough resources to nail down the particulars, but the magazine, bolt, and other major parts should have some kind of Lithgow stamp, I would think. The No1 rifles I own, and have seen, have a matching numbered bolt, magazine, rear sight, nose cap, barrel and receiver at minimum. An original Lithgow would be similarly marked, I would think... Since they seem to go higher, I don't own one. JYD(Junk Yard Dog) will probably know...

I have one right here, barrel, receiver, nose cap, bolt. Likely the magazine would have been also, but this rifle has seen FTR. If memory serves the stock may be marked with the serial inside, but I am not taking it down just now to check.

An all matching Lithgow would go for at least twice their asking price. If you don't buy it ask if they will ship and I will buy it.

I have four Lithgows including the .22 trainer, this one isn't matching on the bolt, but the other three do. I have found that most Enfields will have a matching bolt, even with the Turkish imports I have matching bolts, and they are pretty much WW1 originals. The British kept the rifles parts together during FTR, they understood that to maintain the accuracy of a rifle you can't be swapping stocks and bolts around whenever you feel like it unless you are willing to retune it afterward. That said mismatching numbers never have, and never will stop me from buying a rifle, US rifles have one serial number on the receiver, as it should be.