P1853 Enfield Band Spring for Middle and Lower Barrel Bands Helmets These are genuine Military Surplus

These are genuine Military Surplus released over 15 years ago and most being several decades old

Barrel and action retain about 80% original bluing having matured beautifully

Construction-

Floorplate marked 8394

See book STURMGEWEHR by Hans Dieter page 388 (pictured) also for sale by IMA

P1853 Enfield Band Spring for Middle and Lower Barrel Bands Helmets These are genuine Military SurplusOriginal Item: The most common version of the P1853 Enfield rifle requires barrel band springs to retain the Type 2 barrel bands. Other barrel band types are retained by clamping screws. Overall, there are two sizes of springs, a shorter spring used for the upper band and longer springs used for the middle and lower bands. There is a great amount of variation in the springs we have. Our springs are very dirty from a century plus of storage under poor