Inglis Hi Power Serial Number?

[Scout Sniper]

Hello all,

Im interested to know what the earliest serial number on record is in the T range of pistols?

0T being the lowest, but what was the lowest full serial number.

Many thanks

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[Lee Enfield]

Hello all,

Im interested to know what the earliest serial number on record is in the T range of pistols?

0T being the lowest, but what was the lowest full serial number.

Many thanks

0CH1 would be the first Inglis production serial number.
The first "T" series would be 0T1

I believe I saw a photo of it at one point.

[Scout Sniper]

Hello thanks for the reply, everywhere i have read says the lowest seen was 0T2...

Im not doubting you just saying what i read on more than one occasion. Was just curious how low they went as i have a HP with the 0T2 serial.

[Lee Enfield]

Hello thanks for the reply, everywhere i have read says the lowest seen was 0T2...

Im not doubting you just saying what i read on more than one occasion. Was just curious how low they went as i have a HP with the 0T2 serial.

Do you have 0T2 or 0T2xxx ?

Serial numbers theoretically went thru 0T1 thru 0T9999 then 1T0 thru 1T9999 then 2T0 thru 2T9999

At some point they added the extra zeros but gun 50,034 was engraved as 5T34, not as 5T0034 (currently for sale on another board)

In addition there were a couple of blocks of doubled serial numbers that they corrected by creating a 10T and 20T (added the 2 in front of the origin serial number) block

[Low & Slow]

Mine is OT209, built in September 1944, right about when the Chinese contract was canceled. No stock slot, fixed sights. Certainly not too early.

[Scout Sniper]

Nice, thank you for the information. Mine is 0T22XX.

It does not have the No.2 engraving on the slide.

[Lee Enfield]

Nice, thank you for the information. Mine is 0T22XX.

It does not have the No.2 engraving on the slide.

The majority of the "No 2" markings are engraved or handstamped at some later service point.

[Scout Sniper]

Interesting, but if its done later then surely it would be in the white like the serial if done after finishing?

Mine has been reparkerized at sum point as the serial is not in the white anymore.

Its a nice clean example tho...

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[Bruce McAskill]

The early Inglis were serial numbered before being finish. Mine is all original, a vet paratrooper bring back from Belgium where he picked it up. The pistol was never at a depot and the finish covers the serial number in the 0T36XX range. There is a small book by (Stevens???) states that this was the way it was done with the under standing that any other stamps were applied by ordnance later on.

[Scout Sniper]

Thank you for that little extra info, the finish looks original but always told it couldn't be as the serial was not in the white.

Great to know...

Heres a better picture showing the finish in a more natural light.

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