r/canadaguns • u/KingLatifo • Apr 18 '26

Misc Can anyone ID this rifle?

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I've been told it might be a Lee Enfield, possibly a No. 4 MK I or a SMLE. But after looking at photos the magazine here isn't located close to the trigger guard or maybe I'm misunderstanding something. It's my dad in this photo, but he passed away several years ago, or I'd have asked him directly. Anyway, I'll appreciate any insight or clues, thanks!

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u/Acceptable_Visit_115 Apr 18 '26

Stock disk and protruding stripper clip guide on the dust cover, I am 99.9% sure this is an AG42.

SVT does not have an obviously protruding clip guide, it's just a groove cut into the dust cover. It also doesn't have a stock disk. The SVT magazine is also longer.

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u/PM_me_ur_TT-33 Apr 18 '26

That's the rubberized shell deflector on the right-side's slanted surface. The transistor-style charging handle knobs indicate an AG42B.

OP, if the name is unfamiliar, it's a Swedish direct-impingement thumb-crusher, (and sure enough your father's right thumb isn't visible in the photo). Closest you can get now is its bolt-action Mauser predecessor (M96 or M38).