No.1 & No. 4 rifle Oil Bottle (Plastic)
Availability: In stock
AUD$15.00
These oil bottles originated in Canada, but seem to be made by numerous manufactures. They are black in colour and each has a spoon or dip rod attached to the lid for the extraction of the oil.
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Since the adoption of the Magazine short Rifle in 1904, the butts of Lee Enfield rifles held a oil Bottle and a Pull Through. During WWII, as a war time expedient, the oil bottles were changed from brass to bakelite. These oil bottles remained in service through to the 1970s.