Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
\The FTR55 on the top left side of the body was the BSA mark. They did thousands for foreign governments under the Aid for XYZ agreements or the Crown Agents programme. We'd occasionally see them marked like that when they came through thge system from other nations but never saw a UKicon MoD one. Our FTR's were all Fazakerley or occasionally, Enfield, marked exactly as per the Faz FTR spec.

The Nic (is that Nicosia ?) CYP (is that Cyprus?) isn't one of ours
Wasn't NIC/CYP previously identified as the work of an Australianicon (Sydney-based?) gunsmith?

There are loads of civvie-created No5s around, both No4 bodies milled to look like No5 bodies, and many where they didn't bother. At the moment, there is someone in UK having a good (yet so far unsuccessful) go at faking up electro-pencil markings..... caveat emptor....