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    Quote Originally Posted by Surpmil View Post
    I doubt the Pakistanis proofed anything, unless it was made at Pakistan Ordnance Factories (where all the Fazackerly machinery reportedly went)
    From an old post of Peter's :

    "It came from BSA. They were required to retain and maintain the old No4 manufacturing capacity on a care and maintenance basis for 10 years after the last rifle production - so in 1955 it was sold on".

    I suggested to David that it was 'originally' a Fazakerley and your confirmation that it is a No4 Mk2, rather than a No4 Mk1/2 it confirms its parentage.

    If it is a Mk2 then it would be an early 50's rifle (but the serial number does not stack up with that date) and it must have had a very hard life to require an FTR in '53

    Fazakerley
    BSA (FTR in 1953)
    Sold to India and scrubbed & new number during re-fit to make it a grenade rifle, eventually sold out of service
    Arrived in the USAicon
    Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...

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