This Lee Enfield Mk1* carbine cavalry carbine was converted to Enfield rifling and fitted with  a 21 inch barrel, nose cap adapted to take the Pattern 88 knife bayonet It is also fitted with a small six-round magazines.

      A total of 11,000 were supplied by the War Office as a free issue to the RIC between March 1904 and June 1914.
     The new Lee Enfield carbine's were first issued to the Reserve Force at Dublin's Phoenix Park Depot in March 1904, before being distributed across the county forces. 

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       As this RIC Carbine has a stock disc dated 1/05 this LIC Carbine might have been sent to County Monaghan as they did not take possession of the carbines until April 1905. 
      In September 1920 the RIC wrote to the Ministry of Munitions of War to communicate their desire to sell as scrap approximately 10,000 of the 11,000 of these carbines, which were to be replaced by Lee Enfield SMLE  Number 1 Mark lll* service rifle.

      In late November 1920  10,000 Lee Enfield Cavalry Carbines were shipped to the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock for destruction.

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      Proximaly only 1000 out of the original 11,000 were not sent to Enfield, either they were broken for parts years before or maybe they just went missing or sold out of service as this one has been.

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    This LIC Carbine hass very clear 'sold out of service stamps on the receiver'.