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"Why would Ishapore..."

The Edwards book has a fair amount of information in it but "why" is not included.

-----k.

"So, My "Y" suffix (38688Y) would be what sort of date ?"

The FR mark on the left side of the buttsocket includes the date of the rebuild.
In your case {'46}.
The 3rd Edition of "India's...

" if Stratton is correct,"

In this case, Stratton is irrelevant. I can refer you to "India's Enfields" by Robert W. Edwards.
This rifle is part of an Indian rebuild program that started in 1942....

MC24730 is a 1944-45 Fazakerley made No4 Mk1.
At the time, FAZ was using three series of letter prefixes concurrently---marked A,B,C.
They had a trick to them. They ran like this: AA, BA, CA---AB,...

Uncovered this indent on a Webley Mk VI last week or so and put the photo up in the "Weapons of the British Commonwealth" forum at gunboards. There have been 500+ views of that thread, so maybe all...

"But why stamped this gun" for rifle grenades" ????????"

junker88,

Dedicated grenade launching rifles were marked in British service---I haven't seen one marked like this one of yours, but a...

"... but I'm really sure that the 81006 serial is marked on the round part of the bolt handle..."

The Swedes numbered bolt knobs---
...

Well, I'll give it a shot...
You have a lot of questions and I have only a few answers---so let's dispose of some of the unanswerable questions first.
1.Many of the mysterious small marks that...

VNS is indeed Viners.
The meaning of the "FR" on the stock is not nailed down. It is associated with some kind of repair---but "needed" or "made" isn't clear.
My 1943 Fazakerley has an "FR" on the...

The sloppy EP marking is typical of a 1943 Fazakerley. Location of the marks is normal, as is the serial number.
At that time, FAZ was running three sets of serial numbers concurrently, with a funny...

So, Mr.Brown, you have given up the nasty straight pull .223?

-----RC

"Did they ever make a bandoleer to take 75 rounds of 7.62 NATO...?"

The bandoleers of 7.62 Radway Green that I got ahold of were packed three chargers to a pocket, so 75 rounds per each.
I am...

http://www.skennerton.com/forsale.html

Rolled, full size armourer's drawings available at this link.
Send an email first, to make sure he's awake.

-----krinko

RCS,
In my cut revolver, the firing pin will not contact the primer of a .455 round seated in the chamber.
That's not to say the cartridge might not fall back against the recoil shield and be...

A casual shot of the 1914 MkV and the moon clips for an S&W M22 that fit it perfectly.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2016/11/412959956-1.jpg

Loads are nice dirty Unique and lead...

This---

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2016/11/412959940-1.jpg

Came on this---

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2016/11/412959939-1.jpg

Matching the receiver and bolt...

Here is a link to a Norwegian black powder board, if you don't already have it.
It's not limited to Norwegian stuff, all of Scandinavia is covered.
This is the part in English.
svartkrutt.net...

What's the second one, then? It appears to sit in the protector much higher than the first, so high in fact, that it seems unlikely this is merely a sunshade.
There's a sight element inside?
Excuse...

A No4 Mk2 should be painted.

Here's a 1954 Fazakerley above a 1944 BSA. The FAZ is painted, the Beezer is blued.


https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2009/06/143013302-1.jpg

-----krinko

"And if it is a BSA rifle, why does the serial start with a 1 ?"

BSA did not start using the regular number pattern, as in "A 35620" until sometime in 1944, or maybe later 1943. Up until then,...

Dampherb,

The large "B" stamped into the root of the bolt handle, as in your photo:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2016/10/412872566-1.jpg

---is a BSA maker's mark from their...

Looking at the serial number on the receiver, it appears there is an "I" letter prefix that is poorly struck and further obscured by the "ENGLAND" stamp.
Original serial being I 77050, in other...

"... the double lines on the range scale."

There are large hashmarks left and right on the ladder, indeed, but there are also smaller, un-numbered hashmarks between them.
I think the OP is asking...

1943 Liverpudlian No4 Mk1---

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2016/08/412747185-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2016/08/412747186-1.jpg

I love the scars....

Don't know what you are on about, Jim.
I am trying to determine what the OP thinks is the regulation number/location of swivels for the MK2, as suggested by the following quote:
"Yep, I agree with...