EY Rifle meaning - Extra Yielding.

[Alan de Enfield]

Nigel
Which country is that book based on.
I agree with A d E though many EY rifles were converted as a ready stock of rifles at hand. I haven't seen a EY rifle with a GF stamp even though it is a GF converted rifle. Neither have i seen a GF stamped rifle with a EY stamp. Both doing the same the same job coming from different starting points.

But there are EY rifles 'out in the wild' that are not GF rifles, so my thinking is that EY could not mean it was a GF rifle.

My understanding is that the EY rifles had already been designated as 'second grade', probably because of wear and inaccuracy, so using them for conversion to GF 'saved' front line rifles being used for something that did not need a top quality rifle.

The fact the booklet quotes the 'War Office' and 'Crown Copyright' would suggest it is a British publication.