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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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scout Sniper
The first "T" series would be 0T1
I believe I saw a photo of it at one point.
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 ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scout Sniper
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
Mine is OT209, built in September 1944, right about when the Chinese contract was canceled. No stock slot, fixed sights. Certainly not too early.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 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...
Attachment 109947
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.
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.
Attachment 110023
I have found this to be untrue...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee Enfield
Pistols made approximately before serial 0T27XX were not of Mk1* specification and have no slide markings. They were only on slides of pistols made after this spec change which included;
Barrel lug changed from round to square.
Extractor & ejector modified.
Source of information - Inglis Diamond.
The designations for the Inglis pistols are: No1Mk1, No1MkI*, No2MkI and No2MkI*Quote:
Originally Posted by Scout Sniper
The vast majority of both No1 (Tangent rear sight) and No2 (fixed rear sight) pistols were both originally at the Inglis factory marked ONLY with the "MkI*" portion of the designation.
If the No1 or No2 markings are present on the slide, they are (almost) always handstamped (post war in service) [the exception to this are the post war manufactured slides by CAL] to correct the model designation on the gun.
INGLIS DIAMOND HI POWER - C43351 - United States
Here is an "Inglis Diamond" No2MkI* and the model designation is clearly "MkI*"
The "Inglis Diamond" marked guns are said to have been manufactured during the last week of production.
I did make a mistake about saying No.2 instead of Mk1*.
But the Mk1 pistols had no slide markings is the point i was making. It was only the spec changes to Mk1* that prompted the slide markings to begin.
An example. Sorry for the substandard pics.
Your right My serial number is 0T36XX and it is unmarked on the slide. A bit funny in that the author of the Inglis Diamond had all of this information when he was researching the book. He had asked for information and serial numbers and I sent him mine years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scout Sniper
Indeed! Which makes yours a Mk1 like mine.
Better hope that extractor never breaks as sourcing a Mk1 spec will be tricky. I have a spare which is mark with a 2 (Mk2 version of extractor which was used in the Mk1*)
When fitted in the slide it is too long and hangs out the back of the slide.