Hi new to this forum but not to milsurps too much. About a year ago I went to a local gun show down the street from my house looking for an enfield for my bolt-action rifle collection. There was this nice old man with his wife at a booth selling off his old guns to clean them out of his garage (why store them there who knows?). Anyway this RFI enfield caught my eye and I just fell in love with it. It is from 1953 and everything but the bolt matches. He also had a spare 15 round magazine that fit it and he sold me that for $10. The rifle itself I paid $260 but seeing as how it looks like it has been there and done that I felt ok paying it. It had some markings on the stock that I`m not too familiar with and while inspecting the sling near the butt I found a number with either a line over it or under it (depends on how you look at it) as well as traces of red paint that`s been on it a while. I hope these pictures can help. I took them under bad lighting so i hope you guys can see them. The number in question is a little blurry but the pic is of it upside down. It looks like a 9 but I`m not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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