End of the use of Royal Cyphers

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   Not to embarrass anyone but I was perusing an old post about identifying the history of a No. 4 rifle and someone posted that it wasn't issued to any British unit because it had no royal cypher.  The royal cypher had been dispensed with by 1936 except for a few No.1 rifles that BSA continued to build until mid WWII and wouldn't be seen on any production No.4's.  

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Sapper740 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: July 15 2021 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 110	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sapper740 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: End of the use of Royal Cyphers Posted: May 13 2023 at 4:32am
	Not to embarrass anyone but I was perusing an old post about identifying the history of a No. 4 rifle and someone posted that it wasn't issued to any British unit because it had no royal cypher. The royal cypher had been dispensed with by 1936 except for a few No.1 rifles that BSA continued to build until mid WWII and wouldn't be seen on any production No.4's.

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	Yes. I always regard it as a SMLE thing.
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