I have mentioned this before but the last No4T rifles I saw in general issue to units, in unit armouries, was in about 1978. That's what I saw but no doubt a few 'lost souls' were probably in armouries for longer. These were replaced on a rotating basis and formed the, very probably, bulk of the last 1981 L42 conversion programme. I know this because while the rifles were back-loaded to Ordnance, the CES, including the cleaning kit, cleaning stick and rifle cover, extra compass, good quality wristwatch and binos were retained at the unit as did the captain pugwash Scout Reg telescope. These were then added to the L42 kits as they arrived. As a result of this what we call 'admin' or 'accounting' errors when some L42's arrived complete, some lucky souls like me found themselves the lucky owners of a captain pugwash telescope and a pair of good No2 binoculars which they still have. That's the reason why some of the L42 CES's still held a short No4 rifle cover instead of the longer extended one. I'd say most definately that the last time the No4T was used in action with the UKicon forces was with the Devon and Dorset Regiment in Northern Ireland inthe early 70's. Thereafter it was L42's, certainly by 1973/4. There were a stack of No4T's in Ordnance for some years and they'd be sent out to specialised workshops for overhaul/maintenance but I suspect that these were too late for the conversion programme. I have the confirmed date after which there were no No4T rifles left in Ordnance but I'll have to look

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