No5 rifle information

[Peter Laidler]

I found this info a year or so ago in some dusty files here at Warminster.

The No5 rifle drawings were approved for commencement (whatever that means in straight talking speak........) in August 1943 and the rifle, provisionally called the No5 Mk1 approved and sealed on 1st May 1944

The first rifle was produced at BSA on 2nd November 1944 and the first 12 rifles completed that day. They were sent to the Small Arms School for trials and evaluation.

So if you have a BSA November '44 rifle, it's pretty early. Any takers?

As for the No8 rifles...........
The order for samples based on the newly approved No5 rifle went to BSA in July 1944 and the first pilot model was received in September 1944. Another 100 were ordered on the strength of that on 23rs September '44 and the first 25 were delivered to the Small Arms School on 27th August 1945 with the remainder following on.

There, another bit of long lost and little known useless information

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.