1958 POF No4 MKII

[Anzac15]

Today I found an Enfield that has always somewhat intrigued me, and I always told myself that if I ran across one, I'd jump on it. Well, I jumped on one. It is a 1958 POF (Pakistan Ordnance Factory) No4 MkII.
If what I have read in the past, in the 1950's, BSA Shirley and Fazakerley sold their tooling and machinery to Pakistan. POF produced both the MkI (harder to find apparently) and the MkII.
This example has all sorts of interesting things going on. The receiver, barrel, stock, and bolt match..although the bolt handle shows a date of 1956. Bolt head bears two 5 pointed star stamps.
There is an interesting roundel on the butt..a '506' with broad arrow, and a date(?) of '4/72' inside a circle.
Rear sight seems to be of Fazakerley manufacture rather than the 'circle P'.
One of the top handguards looks to have a Savage stamp.
Left of buttsocket shows serial, P, and 58. Right is 'NLK' ( do not know what that is)
Stock has the 'Ishapore screw', and all metal is covered in the thick black paint often seen on Indian rifles..possibly captured by the Indian army during the 1965 Indo-Pak War?
I always thought these POF rifles were interesting, this one hasn't disappointed. I'll be really interested to see how it performs. Enjoy the pics!

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