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Help with markings No 4 Mk I
Can someone wise tell me where and when my rifle was made?
On the left side of the receiver are 3 very faint electro-pencil markings: No.4MkI(T) FTR/48 Y4145 and stamped T.
on the left of the receiver ring is stamped Y4515 ((note the 4 is very faintly stamped and looks like a 1 in the picture)) TR and FTR. Forward on the right of the receiver is stamped S
The wrist has the S51 Holland and Holland stamp; the wood is also stamped Y4515 horizontally across the underside of the forestock a few inches below the muzzle and Y4515 on the wrist though concealed beneath the receiver ring. The No 32 Mk I scope number 7996 is stamped across the top of the wrist.
On the right of the receiver ring is an inspection mark I cannot deciper: looks like broad arrow over H9 over A
At the back of the receiver are crossed pennant on the right and on the left are the letters N (or Z) and R
What I am after is the date and place of manufacture?
Many thanks, Rob
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01-28-2010 05:00 PM
# ADS
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Here's a site provided by Amatikulu
with some good information to bookmark for the future.
Lee Enfield Rifle Markings (click here)
Hope this helps somewhat... 
Regards.
Badger
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Y1515 would be a serial number that fell in the BSA manufactured block
From a survey I did on serial numbers I would estimate it was made in 1943
The FTR was done in 1948 at Fazakerley
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Hawu, Amatikulu
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ngiyabonga kakhulu
Rob
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Yes, I've often wonderered where Amatikulu
came from. Now I still don't know!
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Originally Posted by
RobD
"exclamation of suprise - Amatikulu
I thank you very much
Rob"
Language = Zulu
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Ah....! Suprising what you learn on this site
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I would translate, in my Gaspé peninsula's best Quebecois French
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"Ah ben gériboire de bras d'ange de bâtisse, c'est-ti pas créyable c'que j'apprenions dans c'te site web là!"
Re. the rifle: geez sometimes I wonder if the markings on the receiver are made this hard to see on purpose! 
Lou
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There's something wrong with this picture...
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Surpmil, that apparent sharp angle may be just be an artefact because I bucket-filled the white background to reduce the kilobytes of the picture - let me take more close ups of the front scope mount and post them again.
Thanks for being alert.
Rob
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