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End of the use of Royal Cyphers

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Topic: End of the use of Royal Cyphers

Posted By: Sapper740
Subject: End of the use of Royal Cyphers
Date 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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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 11:06am

Yes.

I always regard it as a SMLE thing.

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