B.L.R. Beyond Local Repair

[gsimmons]

I have a no.1 mk III with B.L.R. painted in white letters on the butt. Does this mean the same as Z-BLR?as in the rifle is not safe to shoot. I know about the Z-,ZF and DP markings, but have never found an explanation for BLR. Thank you, Gary

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[Badger]

Here's an old thread that you might find helpful....

'ZF' marking on Enfields?

Regards,
Doug

[gsimmons]

Thank you, Badger. Then the answer is yes BLR has the same meaning as ZF.

[Thunderbox]

Thank you, Badger. Then the answer is yes BLR has the same meaning as ZF.

Not quite, BLR meant repairable but "beyond local repair", i.e. it needed to go to a base workshop or higher, but was not necessarily scrap.

There is also a view/observation that there may be another "BLR" marking out there that has nothing to do with the British/Commonwealth system of equipment marking......

[Simon P]

You also need to consider was the butt original to the rifle when the "BLR" mark was applied?

If not the, "BLR" marking may bare no relationship to the rifle

[Ngib]

The only mark which was put on an unserviceable weapon was DP. This stood for drill purpose only. It meant it could be used for none firing training. For example assault courses, swimming and endurance runs. Generally training tasks where a service weapon would receive constant unacceptable damage. As for “beyond local repair", this generally did not mean the weapon was a right off. It meant what it said you could not fix it locally. For example with a pistol needing a new barrel you sent it to from the field to the unit armorer, and got it back a few days later. It was a term used for all equipment and was even used unofficially for personal, when the medic sent a guy to hospital he used the term BLR. Out of interest the next up was BER which stood for beyond economic repair. Basically this meant the item of equipment would cost more to repair than it was worth.

[gsimmons]

The body is pre- WWI,but it has a 1926 dated barrel. So I presume this is when the repair was done. The butt and fore end match. All numbers match as well. 1926 is the latest date I could find.

[gsimmons]

Thank you all for the help!

[Thunderbox]

Thank you all for the help!

That is the "BLR" mark that usually appears on rifles with no discernible need of repair, and which may simply be an ownership mark of some sort (possibly far east somewhere). Are there any defects on the rifle that either you or a decent gunsmith can detect?

[gsimmons]

Everything looks ok. I can't see any obvious wear.