New Deac SMLE

[gothica7]

Hi all,

got this the other day, i reccon its a pretty rare SMLE, probably from the 1920s and made by BSA for Siam, it has a lot of their markings.
Looks just like a Mk 111* but no date. Has a Deac cert and is complete.

I have the SMLE bible, but have misplaced it to cannot date it for certain at the moment.

Andy

 

[Andysarmoury]

Hi Andy, nice Smelly i just had a look in the bible it must be between 1920-25 a good find
thanks for showing
Andy

 

[gothica7]

Cheers Andy,

thanks for the info, ile find the 'book' soon ime sure.

As you say, a great find.

Andy

 

[ben2000]

Love smle's

That's a great smle, they are great rifles. I used to own a deac mkv trial smle from 1924, really regret selling that one!

 

[gothica7]

Ben
i bet you do, not much chance of ever seeing another.

Andy

 

[gothica7]

Just found out they only made 10,000 of these, all made by BSA in 1920.
Just need a matching bayo now with its metal scabbard.

Here's to finding hen's teeth.

Andy

 

[staples57]

Nice looking SMLE there Andy! I've never seen a Siamese SMLE (deac or otherwise) up for sale. Great find!

Cheers,
Brad