I wonder if it's possible that you rifle was a originally an early post-war Fazakerley Mk1 that got the modification at a later date?Quote:
So, I am a bit further forward, but still none the wiser as to the Mk 1 origins of the rifle!
As to the 'A' suffix rifles...My '43 Fazakerley was FTR'd at Maltby, where it lost the suffix (the s/n is stamped over the original engraved one, sans 'A').