Not quite. It's a product officially known as Wrapping, Mouldable, Waxed, Grease-resisting. Often called Fabricon.
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Not quite. It's a product officially known as Wrapping, Mouldable, Waxed, Grease-resisting. Often called Fabricon.
Just to add to the thread:- my example is a Patt 11 and dated 11/16. Underneath the pommel is stamped 25MX over 477. Any ideas?
The grips have only the acceptance mark of a crown over 4.
The blade...
I have never had the need or inclination to dismantle my Mk.3 bolt which has "The Rivet" mod. It would have been nice to understand exactly what the rivet does or prevents from happening which he...
It's probably a naive question, but what is the significance of the CR number on the "real" L96s? I always thought that CR numbers referred to Enfield drawings.
In the good ol' days I manufactured cases for my MP44 out of 7.62 Nato blank rounds, the head of which is conveniently the same dimensions as the 8mm Mauser and derivatives. Snap off the rose crimp....
I happen to be familiar with this one. The rifle and chest were owned for many years by a shooter. On his death, the rifle (and non-matching No.32 Mk.2 scope) was placed with a dealer and...
XG-297 is mysterious as there is no record that this code was ever used.
XG-279 however has been mentioned before but there's nothing mysterious about it, it's plain regular automotive grease.
The...
CR1470 is the barrel for the L42A1. The magazines are marked CR141A and all of mine were made in 1965, I am led to believe for the abandoned L8 conversion programme.
The last one I bought cost me...
I can't believe that it would have anything to do with a marking on an SMLE/No.1, but P in a circle was the logo of ROF Poole in Dorset, England.
I hate to be just a little picky Peter, but there ain't any such thing as .303 NATO ball, Mk7 or otherwise. .303 was never accepted as a NATO standard calibre. Even the last run of work of Mk7z at...
It's simple really; clips go into the rifle with the rounds and are ejected when the ammo is expended. Think Garand.
Chargers are a carriage device and are used to CHARGE the rifle with ammunition....
Well, firstly, they're not clips, they're Chargers!
My Mk.III happily accepts several variations in charger that I have and functioned well in a Mad Minute practice a couple of weeks ago.
Make...
Wouldn't a practical problem be that the SUSAT is designed with almost zero eye relief? Mounting it on a 7.62 rifle might generate a few cases of "sniper's eyebrow".
SUIT sights had a concertina...
The official term for the broad arrow symbol as a mark of government ownership is a Pheon. It is derived from English heraldry and was first used for indicating ownership by Henry Sydney, 1st Earl...
No, the Austin K2 was an ambulance - as in Ice Cold in Alex. The Austin 3-tonner was the K3 but that had a conventional long bonnet. There was also a larger 6 x 4 truck, the K6.
Both the QL and the...
Ah, but that truck isn't a Bedford QL, it's a Ford WOT6.
Peter is absolutely right, and some come from impeccable sources too! A 7.62mm No.4 conversion I bought some years ago from a well-known gunsmith in Birmingham that used to be run by a dear old...
A colleague of mine maintains that the PF prefix stood for "Post-war Fazakerley". True or urban myth?
Hi Simon.
On behalf of one of our club members - do you have any info on Envoy s/n E177 please?
Thanks in advance!
Is anyone compiling a list of surviving Mk.Vs? If so they can add mine to the list.
A3588 made in 1924.
I bought it from a well-known dealer in Aldershot 20-odd years ago and he had several to...
No sooner had they been issued, they were withdrawn, years passed, we got them back then they were withdrawn again.
This gives some idea of the problems: L81A2 Cadet Target Rifle - ARRSEpedia
The...
My recollection is that by 1987, most if not all the No.4s we held were Mk.2s and virtually all in the PFnnnnn series. Rifles were certainly inspected annually by a touring REME team, in our case...
For some reason there's a whole bunch of wood carrying handles on ebay at the moment, from a UK seller. Fetching quite high prices too.
Unlikely to be the problem here, but my FN49 in 30-06 had a chamber insert to convert it to 7.62 x 51 as was done with some Garand M1s.
It fed and shot beautifully.
Looks much more like an L1A1 to me. And the presenter doesn't have much idea how to cock it properly, hence he fumbles it. We were always taught: Pull back then let go, Let the springs do the work.