L2A4 sterling

[can14&]

What is the difference between a L2A4 and a L2A3 sterling?

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[Peter Laidler]

Interesting question as there was only one(?) prototype of a supposed L2A4 gun. And it was going to be the Fazakerley made variant of the L2A3. That's the easy answer though........ The Fazakerley 'pirated' gun was secretly named the PIONEER or the XLxx something or other. Mind you, there were several versions of this theory. Some papers call the Canadian gun the L2A4 while others suggest that the L2A4 was going to be the UK version with the L1A1 rifle bayonet fitting. So you take your choice.......

[browningautorifle]

Some papers call the Canadian gun the L2A4

the L2A4 was going to be the UK version with the L1A1 rifle bayonet fitting.

It does sound like ours.

[can14&]

Looked at registrations and that is what they call my British L2A3s. Some numbers KR43422 KR43424 Have others but you get the point

[Lee Enfield]

Looked at registrations and that is what they call my British L2A3s. Some numbers KR43422 KR43424 Have others but you get the point

When we had access to the registry data I noted that there were many L2A4's registered in Canada...I still have hope that some of them ARE L2A4's rather than the typically ineptly miss-described items usually found, such as yours seem to be.

There certainly should /could be real L2A4's in Canada...the original tool room guns and the manufacturer test samples assembled at CAL with CAL, Enfield, Faz & Sterling componants.

Could there be some at CARDE?

[Peter Laidler]

All the KR guns were definately Mk4's. Sterling did mark them as L2A3 by the designation so that buying nations could be assured that what they were getting were in fact the UK Military Sterling SMG

[Brit plumber]

So I think the question should have been what's the difference between a Mk4 and L2A3.

[Peter Laidler]

There were in fact a couple of L2A3's over-marked L2A4 BP. As were some MoS drawings but nothing became of them. Sterling nipped that in the bud PDQ! There is no difference between an L2A3 and a Mk4. The L2A3 was simply the military designation of the commercial Sterling Mk4. I think the original Q was asked because some of the import papers to Canada described them as L2A4 guns. Not so. It';s an L2A3 - or a Mk4!

[can14&]

What does KR stand for?

[Lee Enfield]

What does KR stand for?

Kenton Redgrave, Sterling Manager