ARES Enfield No4. Mk1 and No4. Mk1(T)

[Crazy_Crystal]

I saw this pop up  on the Ares facebook page and since i have such as soft spot for the T variant I had to share it;

 

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[ ARES SMLE British No.4 MK1 ]

We won't stop at only one model for our new #ClassicLine

The 3 models of SMLE British No.4 MK1 series will be available on #June2022

No.4 MK1 & No.4 MK1(T)

Almost Entirely Made of Steel

Authentic Details

Scope & Mount made of Metal & Steel

High-quality Wood

Direct BB Feeding System

Ship with Wood Grain Plastic Gun Case

Coming up with #L42A1, stay tuned for our next post

 

 

Wood and metal... i just hope that the hop up is built a little better than the glued S&T No 3....

[strykerles]

hopefully the internals aren't made of cheese

 

looks lovely though ❤️

[Crazy_Crystal]

Just now, strykerles said:

hopefully the internals aren't made of cheese

 

looks lovely though ❤️

my thoughts exactly... but you never know. it looks suspiciously conventional based upon what can be seen of the cylinder anyway.

actually scratch that... it looks like the sear goes in the side ... 🙄

[EvilMonkee]

Anyone want to buy a S&T SMLE?

[RostokMcSpoons]

Some sex wee has definitely escaped

[strykerles]

17 minutes ago, EvilMonkee said:

Anyone want to buy a S&T SMLE?

 

 

Fiver and a packet of wotsits

[Skara]

3 hours ago, strykerles said:

hopefully the internals aren't made of cheese

 

It looks to be based on the Striker system, which tells me Ares hasn't actually learned shit from the feedback they got over the last 5 years.

The screw under the rear iron sight sits in just about the perfect place for a Striker style spring guide stopper and the cylinder having two horizontal slits seems to confirm what I said above.

 

If only they sized the cylinder properly to the humongous inner barrel...

 

The only thing I can't see is a hole for the TDC adjustment, which makes me think the hop is gonna be an utter cunt to adjust.

[JimFromHorsham]

L42a1 would be nice , Ares though so I’d only be able to sit and cradle it , staring across the horizon wondering what a working airsoft version would be like 

 

[Armo1000]

No one makes Lee Enfield's for years, now they all come at once haha. Although knowing Ares, they will probably charge like £600 for it..... Though the No4T sniper version is 😍

[Armo1000]

From SWIT Airsoft. 

[John_W]

Hmmmm. Jungle Carbine..

 

[EvilMonkee]

Now I have to buy a No.4 in addition to the SMLE...

[DerDer]

Reckon if these are good, G&G might just scrap their plans for one. 

[Armo1000]

41 minutes ago, DerDer said:

Reckon if these are good, G&G might just scrap their plans for one. 

 

Idk. If they can put out a gas rifle on par with something like the PPS Kar98, then could be even better than this and more realistic. But if it ends up just another standard G&G historic Gas rifle with crap performance then yeah maybe. Also this relies on Ares not making theirs perform like crap too and overpricing it to the moon.....

Edited April 27, 2022 by Armo1000

[EvilMonkee]

Ares designs are usually shite, but externally this looks superb.  Confused.....

[Crazy_Crystal]

45 minutes ago, EvilMonkee said:

Ares designs are usually shite, but externally this looks superb.  Confused.....

I live in hope.... i guess we'll have to wait and see. the sad bit is the mag is wrong on the L42A1 but thats a minor detail.

 

[JimFromHorsham]

27 minutes ago, Crazy_Crystal said:

I live in hope.... i guess we'll have to wait and see. the sad bit is the mag is wrong on the L42A1 but thats a minor detail.

 

and the not so minor price of $670 😕 

[Crazy_Crystal]

4 minutes ago, JimFromHorsham said:

and the not so minor price of $670 😕 

there is that too.... although that kinda comes with the territory of real wood stocks i think. actually for an Ares that is definitely a gamble at that price.

[RostokMcSpoons]

I want you all to buy one.   And then tell me whether they're any good.   

And then sell me one at an insanely knocked-down price.


Ok?

[Armo1000]

6 hours ago, JimFromHorsham said:

and the not so minor price of $670 😕 

I mean S&Ts Enfield was originally priced at like £450, but then we get sites listing them for like 250-300 after the initial buzz, so I wouldn’t trust any prices for now and wait. 

Edited April 28, 2022 by Armo1000

[Armo1000]

Interesting note in this article about a potential CO2 version of these Enfields from Ares. 

[JimFromHorsham]

https://www.davescustomairsoft.co.uk/Ares-L42A1-Rifle?search=Ares Lee Enfield
 

up for preorder , £694 🤭

[Armo1000]

1 hour ago, JimFromHorsham said:

https://www.davescustomairsoft.co.uk/Ares-L42A1-Rifle?search=Ares Lee Enfield
 

up for preorder , £694 🤭

Yeah I’d wait a while to see what the performance is like and the prices to come down a bit before I buy one. I might also wait for the CO2 version if that does become a thing. 

[Crazy_Crystal]

7 minutes ago, Armo1000 said:

 I might also wait for the CO2 version if that does become a thing. 

I could imagine that the CO2 conversion is just a canister in the bolt style or something like the wolverine bolt although i'd happily be wrong. still be interested to see what the performance is like stock though...

 

although at that price i'm waiting till they're actually in country before i order.

 

[Armo1000]

1 hour ago, Crazy_Crystal said:

I could imagine that the CO2 conversion is just a canister in the bolt style or something like the wolverine bolt although i'd happily be wrong. still be interested to see what the performance is like stock though...

 

although at that price i'm waiting till they're actually in country before i order.

 

 

Agreed, not even thinking about buying an airsoft rifle at that ridiculous price unless it’s amazing. If it turns out to be yet another pretty looking paperweight, then I’ll pass. If S&T can make a good rifle for £250-300 then Ares can too… I understand it being a bit more with the scope, however almost £700 is jut extortion….

 

Looking a lot like the RWA No4, and we all know how that turned out… 

Edited May 9, 2022 by Armo1000