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No 5 mags were not marked with S/N in 44 not unless done latter by someone else but did become standard practice in around late 45 - 46 onwards until close of manufacture in late 47. The same also...

A grail rifle indeed. Does anybody on this site own an original?

I agree with you both, in that fitting an end cap is not how the 1944 version would have been (plus also would not know where to get an end cap). But I do prefer the rounded off version anyway. ...

Hi Guys,

Thanks very much for your knowledge. Did Faz not cut down No4 stocks during the war or were proper No5 blanks made? The but-stock is all correct. I have added more photos of the...

Thanks Peter. Hmm - that's what I thought hopping I might be wrong although I think the hand guard might be correct. :( Stock could do with a strip and clean/refinish. Being it is what you say it...

I acquired a Faz 9/44 No5 Mk1 recently in the low 'B' 3 digit s/n range and there are two things about the rifle which I am unsure about.

1, The rifle has a squire front cut front end which I...

That's £1,300 at current exchange rate and mine's in better nick than that one!! Interesting.:move eek:

Ebay feed back score one both counts say's it all really. Got 'leave a lone' all over them.

DRP is right, look at lot's and lot's of photos and if poss, 'handle' the real thing. Bit like Germen third Reich medal collecting, (boy there's lot's of fakes of them out there selling for hundreds...

'Nail on the Head' there BeerHunter. :bash:

Only what I have suspected all along when looking at them at trade shows etc. Also, when checking prices the other day, I noticed a US Company who also makes them don't even sale/ship to direct...

Always all over ebay under Lee Enfield of various quality.

The No1 Mk111* was not approved until Jan 1916 and as you say an Indian Ishapore make up based on a Mk111 action possibly making the rifle slightly cheaper than that being asked. Good condition...

Great looking original condition rifle and oftern clean up nisely. However, does not look very 'jungle' where you are! I to am curently looking for such a rifle although they are now starting to...

1943 - 1947 although not fully approved untill Sept 44. ROF Fazakerley made most of them (approx 170,000) although BSA Shirley also made around 81,000. No5 Mk1 Declared obsolete in July 47 but made...

Grease XL-279 (G-403) is availible for sale at Sil-Mid.com

XG279 GREASE G-403 3KG CAN DEF/STAN91-27/2

For me it has to be a No1 Mk6. I know where there is one but it is NOT for sale unfortunately.

Thanks very much guys for your excellent guidance and for the DEFSTAN. We have bearing grease at work made by Silmid so might be lucky that it might be similar stuff. I have some time yet before...

I shall soon be replacing the stock on my L39 rifle after re-linseed oiling. It is my understanding that milspec grease was/is used on the action etc. when stocking up/replacing the wood. Is there...

Thank you PL for your reply. Sorry that I seem to have struck a raw nerve on this subject but in understanding that it was in fact NOT the factory, was just asking who may have done such markings...

I have seen some No9's with what would appear to be rifle s/n on them. Furthermore, I do know of a No4 Mk2 rifle/No9 bayonet combination were the bayonet does have the rifle s/n on it and looks very...

Thanks Peter for the confirmation. Also, thanks for the information about the S/N. The PF number is 6 digits and most defiantly a MkII rifle.

I have a No4 MkII PF33000 range (Irish contract?) which does not close on a .074" gauge (good thing) but when I come to look at the number on the bolthead, there is just a 'I' on the top flat. Does...

Apparently Century Range at Bisley had a narrow gauge railway running down the front of the butts as well. A senior member of a re-enactment group to which I belong who was in the REME in the late...

Many thanks guys for the detailed information about the sight. Interesting to know that in either configuration the sight would not be 'wrong'.

Also interesting about the sling, did not know a...