Value of a No 5 on a No 4 Receiver

[Peter Laidler]

The Singapore and Federation of Malaya Police No4 and 5 rifles used to come into us on contract repair and if 25 came in and 4 were scrap, they still got 25 back, made up from war stocks that we held there. But those that went through us were all marked with the BW-S or 2FW-M/date marker on the butt. We would just barrel them up on No4 actions because it was a) a way of completing the job and b) using up stocks and c) keeping their books straight