ZF markings - again

[Bindi2]

Put it in a rest or lead sled a long piece of string on the trigger an oiled proof round in the chamber cock take the loose end of string go for a long walk to the end of the length of string then pull to fire reinspect then repeat several times if nothing found. Report findings.

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[Son]

Put it in a rest or lead sled a long piece of string on the trigger an oiled proof round in the chamber cock take the loose end of string go for a long walk to the end of the length of string then pull to fire reinspect then repeat several times if nothing found. Report findings.

Very tempted... I thought about doing something like that but then I thought... "what if the last test round I fired was the one that weakened it's fault (whatever it is) beyond safe limits". I'd never be sure the next round wasn't going to be my last.

[Ian Skennerton]

Hi from the Gold Coast in Oz,
Regarding the ZF mark, I've only seen it painted or stamped on the buttstock. And way back in my memory, I recall it stencilled in white paint on a fore-end, long before I knew what the ZF indicated. Not being stamped on the action body could be a clue, that it could/might be repaired at the factory, after which the ZF designation would no longer apply. I think PL (Peter) would have the best take on this one. I've only picked the designation up from a list I found at the Pattern Room at Nottingham.
Enfields rule!
Ian

[curly]

Hi Ian,

thank you very much for the kind reply, can you tell us any more about that mid 1950's order to withdraw and scrap rifles with the 'A' Suffix - and why it seems not to have been carried out?

Curly