Consecutive serial numbers?

[madcratebuilder]

How many with consecutive serial numbered rifles? I have been using 9078 as my go to match shooter. Yesterday I found this at a local show. 56 years on the far side of the world they are stacked together again.

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[PrinzEugen]

Wow - that's pretty amazing - even 'the wife' would probably understand why you had to have another one (probably..). Nice spot!

[Brian Dick]

That is amazing. I had a few sets of new in the wrap, consecutive numbered Mk.2's as imported by Century Arms in the 90's but they came together in a couple of different shipments. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[Peter Laidler]

That's mind boggling. GREAT and lucky find..............

Does anyone know whether the UK Air Ministry contract UF55A rifles either have or don't have the cut-off block? The RAF ones I used to see didn't have the cut-off block but there's a chance that some DO have it. Anyone out there know for definate. Has it ever been asked on any of the other forums? Mine is still mummified and I ain't unwrapping it!

I remember a miscellaneous instruction coming out about the 'no cut-off block- fore-ends' that were coming into the UK Military system after the amalgamation of the RAF, Navy and Army small arms system in the 70's. It said words to the effect that these late RAF contract fore-ends were fully interchangeable with those regularly encountered ........ blah blah blah ........... and should be modified to clear the right hand shoulder of the rifle (presumably the cut-off block). There was another earlier instruction about fitting fore-ends supplied as spare parts for American and Canadian Mk1* rifles from Ordnance stockpiles returned from BAOR (that's the old British Army on the Rhine - Germany). Which I presume were from Long Branch made for Canadian Army use in BAOR where the stores were all pooled

Sorry if I've gone off the subject. I'll find the instruction and scan it for general info

And has anyone ever seen a UF56A

[Brian Dick]

I have two here, one soon to be posted on the website and another that's pending export to Australia. Serial numbers are UF55 A 7801 and UF55 A 10472. Neither have the cut-off block.

[tlvaughn]

What are the odds of that? Very nice find!!

And has anyone ever seen a UF56A

I have not held one, but I did see one on the internet for sale in England a year or so ago -- UF.56 A 401XX.

[brodixv8]

G'day. I've got a pair of Lithgows. Consecutive numbered. 1941. Few pic's on my gallery. Regards. Geoff.

[madcratebuilder]

Does anyone know whether the UK Air Ministry contract UF55A rifles either have or don't have the cut-off block?

I've seen about a dozen different UF55's and none had the mag cut-off fore-end. Never seen a UF56, would like to have one.

[Badger]

My wife has a pair of No.4's in her Enfield collection. She wasn't sure, but she also thought she had the matching bayonets for them.

1954 No.4 Mk II Fazakerley s/n PF316311
1954 No.4 Mk II Fazakerley s/n PF316312

Regards,
Doug

[Lance]

Greetings Badger

My two Irish girls were close to yours on the rack, way back when. I have the matching bayonets for them too. The other four did not come with the bayonets unfortunately.