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bubba ho tep 
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 Topic: No4 Mk 2 1954Posted: December 14 2025 at 11:34am |
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Well I have been talking with a fellow to me local off and on for a month and pulled the trigger on a post war No4 rifle. Kinda paid more than I'd normally , but the condition is above 90% , perfect bore , 100% matched . No4 Mk 2 (F)
3/54 [PF 375420 It still had the century Arms booklet tied to the rear swivel. Old century import mark on barrel tip that also says Made In UK. Came with a No 9 bayonet , though matched scabbard not to the rifle , PF 331239. Do I have someone's matching poker or does someone have mine ?.
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Irish Blonde
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Posted: December 14 2025 at 4:31pm |
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This is weird. My No4MK2 12/54 [PF 332602
How does yours with a 3/54 date have a larger serial number than mine made later in the year? You sure that "7" isn't a "1"? The bayonet serial would make more sense for the 3/54 date though. My bayonet isn't serialized. Just says D-53. I got mine new in wrapper/cosmo too. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can provide the answers...
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Posted: December 14 2025 at 5:14pm |
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Posted: December 14 2025 at 5:47pm |
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Fazakerly is notorious for being all over the place in this time period. I have tracked numbers varying by 30,000 serials across 2 years. Have heard a few possible explanations, hopefully Lance’s new book can shed some light.
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Irish Blonde
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Posted: December 14 2025 at 6:22pm |
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Guess not a contract rifle?
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Posted: December 14 2025 at 7:19pm |
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nice looking rifle - what we can see of it , somewhere i have a list of the FAZ contracts and the serials that fall under each , there were rifles made outside these known contracts as well , ill see if i can find my list
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 1:43am |
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Probably the blocks of numbers were reserved for the various contracts at that time.
Delays in agreement or urgency may have created the order of production to be altered. Obviously just speculation on my part.
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 4:43am |
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Can we see a pic of the entire rifle? It looks nice and not the blonde beech it seems.
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 5:15pm |
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I get some time I'll do some pics of it this weekend.
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 6:24pm |
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Have an 11/54 with matching to the rifle bayonet and scabbard  |
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 11:32pm |
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Over on Gunboards someone posted PF 3682xx with a 1953 date. They did not specify month, so not entirely helpful.
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 11:41pm |
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Also 1/55 dated PF 337646.
The numbers seem to run in 2 sequences, each of the ones posted in this thread line up with the one in this post & my previous post. Just taken in context of the ones they make sense paired with, not altogether, which gives the appearance of 2 different production runs. Or different production lines, which has been alluded to.
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Posted: December 16 2025 at 1:19am |
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A detailed list of dates and s/ns are available in Part 2 of my No. 4 book which breaks down some of the reserved s/n blocks with out of sequence dates.
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Posted: December 16 2025 at 3:27am |
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My copies of the three books arrived last night! Looking forward to going thru these over the Christmas break. I've got a 1950 PF and 1956 UF No. 4 Mk 2. Both are Long Branch DCRA 7.62 Conversions. Wished I still had the original .303 barrels for them.
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Posted: December 16 2025 at 3:42am |
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I'm about to receive a pair of Fazerkley No4 MK2's that I probably paid too much for (they're in pristine condition). I'm told, but haven't checked, they were part of an RAF contract run from 1955. UF 55 A 9077 UF 55 A 9078 Hope that helps. Best, |
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Posted: December 16 2025 at 10:59am |
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a 4-digit number? Interesting mine is are 5 digit ones.
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