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In the early days of L Detachment, they used what they could get their hands on, which was invariably an issue Enfield revolver more reliable as a "side arm". Sand was a baine in any semi automatic's life. In all my dealings with the "Originals" they never once mentioned other options or even smaller ones, they simply made do!!
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A few weeks back I was fortunate see part of a large consignment of arms from Malaysia, amongst this, were a hundred or so Enfield Revolvers with shortened Barrels, all of these Revolvers had Parker Hale Stamps on the frame, presumably converted by them.
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Simon,
Quite probable, aircrew had a tendancy to opt for a short barrel in anything!!
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The two digit number would logically be an inventory number and Small Arms School makes sense in that respect also.
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In my humble opinion, for what it's worth, the SAS marking is identical to the many hundreds of exhibits that we had at Warminster - the Small Arms School. We also had several hundred identically marked SOM or simply SM, the earlier School of Musketry.
I would imagine that the Small Arms School disposed of that revolver because it would have played absolutely no part in their being - as a user training establishment. I have to admit that while I never looked hard, I can't say that I ever saw a bit of kit marked to the SAS - or Saturday and Sundays as we called them. Saw plenty of their big Savage shotgun door knockers and the like but....... Next time I speak to '.....Jock.....', I'll ask him.
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the short barrel was something that was done in the U.S.. they were never issued that way.