Quote Originally Posted by Frederick303 View Post
I do not recall when the first shipments of No 4 rifles was made, but it was likley after Feb of 1941, I seem to recall that 1941 dated North Amercian No 4 rifles are relatively unknown.
I believe the first rifle came out in June/July 1941 with 25,000 +/- to be completed by the end of 1941; however, only 1,300 +/- were completed. I'll have to pull the book back out to confirm this.