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KZJim
Newbie Joined: September 26 2020 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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Posted: September 26 2020 at 5:57pm |
Stopping in to say Hi as a new member. I have a No4 Mk1 I've had for quite some time, I picked it up for $45, the guy said it was inoperable as it wouldn't feed rounds, they would pop up and flip out as the round was being pushed out of the mag. So I had a quick look and realized he'd taken a pair of pliers to the tangs on the mag... easy fix and a great price too. I want to find out what the markings tell me about it. Some of the markings I've seen searching thru the posts, some I haven't so I'm hoping the gurus here and shed some light on my rifle. I've figured out the ROF and the F(FTR) others I can't seem to decode, to me the one at the muzzle end of the barrel may be the most telling? I have images of every other marking i could find but I will spare everyone.. I'll post more if needed. Cheers! Jim |
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philtno
Senior Member Joined: May 04 2019 Location: Blenheim, NZ Status: Offline Points: 261 |
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Hi,
Welcome from Blenheim, New Zealand. Sorry, I can't help with the markings but you're certainly at the right place for that as some members of this forum have extensive knowledge on the subject Cheers
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Goosic
Senior Member Joined: September 12 2017 Location: Phoenix Arizona Status: Offline Points: 8792 |
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Welcome from Phoenix Arizona.
Great buy for $45 bucks. Does it still retain all the original furniture? The stamp on the muzzle is an importers mark that I cannot remember the name of the company right now. Someone else will fill in that blank for you. The rifle was originally manufactured at the Fazackerly plant, hence the Royal Ordnance Fazackerly (ROF) and then went back to Fazackerly for a Factory Thorough Repair. Your rifles serial number D29040A. The A suffix indicates that something on that rifle was/is parts specific to the master component, ie reciever. The FTR could have taken care of that however after the fact. The 5142 stamp is my puzzler. That might have been a rack number at one time.
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paddyofurniture
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Welcome!
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Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.
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Honkytonk
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Welcome from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada!
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Shamu
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The muzzle stamp is an "Angry Beavers" mistake. Its confirmed by the stamp next to it. It should read "303 UK" (the caliber) & CAI St alb Vt is the import marking for Century Arms International. Home of "The Angry Beavers"!
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KZJim
Newbie Joined: September 26 2020 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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It's all original except for the butt stock, it's clearly a newer replacement. Thanks for all the info on my rifle! "Angry Beavers" I love it...lol It has a new name.. "the Beav".. hahaha I did notice from looking at other posts that my trigger is still part of the trigger guard assembly and not part of the receiver... Could that be the A designation in the serial?
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Goosic
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Nope. It went through a FTR without the Mk1/2 upgrade trigger mount to the reciever. The A suffix is usually there to indicate that something like the bolt or barrel is specific to the rifles action for whatever reason the armourers came to that conclusion for...
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303 Hunter
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Welcome from Alberta, Canada.
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The Lee Enfield is to the Canadian north what the Winchester repeater was to the American west. Cal Bablitz
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Zed
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Welcome to the forum.
The FTR appears to have a 1946 date; so it would have remained no4Mk1 spec. The FTR's to mk1/2 with the receiver hung trigger started in 1949 I believe.
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A square 10
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welcome ..........so you can still buy something that takes a 18 round box mag there ? wonders never cease , you have been given all i might add to the thread , but i think its a nice rifle
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KZJim
Newbie Joined: September 26 2020 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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Here are some pics of the bolt, I didn't see anything that matched on the the bolt to the receiver or barrel. |
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Goosic
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The bolt is not matched to the reciever. The serial number on the reciever is not the same numbers on the bolt. Have you had the headspacing checked and has the bolt been inspected for even contact on both locking lugs?
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SW28fan
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Welcome from Texas
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KZJim
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No I haven't, looks like I'll need to have that done. Now to find a reputable gunsmith where I live....
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