No4 MkI Recovery / Refurbish

[Peter Laidler]

Just as a matter of interest, we did have new 2 groove barrels 'in the system' as spares. We certainly used a couple at Shrivenham for some testing and that sort of thing and I had a couple left on a shelf but as the common perception was that they were a cheap, inaccurate wartime expedient, couldn't get rid of them. Nice tight breeching up threads too and VERY tight bayonet lugs I seem to remember so they had to be filed slightly to get the inspectors test bayonet to fit