1916 BSA... Questions

[5thBatt]

Among the No 2 MK 4 specifications is that they have a solid .22 cal barrel not a sleeved or tubed or relined barrel. It was put forward in that post that perhaps it would be more accurate to say rifles with sleeved or tubed or relined barrels are Pattern ' 14 No 2 rifles since that was the last time a sleeved or tubed or relined barrel was specified. I'm just saying I like that definition, but it wont really amount to a hill of beans (except us Enfield types) because the rifle will always be marked No 2 MK 4

Page 289 The Lee-Enfield
"Approval was given in April 1927 for the use of a limited number of tubed barrels from the .22 inch RF Pattern 14 rifles in the No2 MkIV* rifle, so as to use up quantities of these spare barrels."

[Brian Dick]

In my experience, rifles distinctly marked No.2Mk.IV/IV* are original military conversions as done at the RSAF Enfield. Most of the ones that are not factory marked were converted by commercial companies like BSA and Parker-Hale. Many were marked later with the model designation by the respective governments that received them. The markings are usually distinctly different than the markings done at the RSAF Enfield.

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Pattern '14 No.1 and No.2 were official military conversions performed by AG Parker and Westley Richards. They will be so marked on the butt sockets.