No. 5 Mk I question

[villiers]

One of these days my .308 No. 5 with a No. 4 frame and a hung trigger´ll come on the market and there´ll be COMPLETE confusion.

[Vincent]

Thank you, Captain Laidler.

[Brian Dick]

Friday afternoon or Monday morning!

[Peter Laidler]

You're talking Fazakerley here Brian......... It could be ANY time! This thread just illustrates one of the Fazakerley faults. The shallow scratchy pen numbering system that caused no end of 'lost' numbers, guesswork and subsequent renumbering.

[harry mac]

I think the guy doing the numbering for the "R" pre-fixed No5's must have had several off days. Mine is clearly marked for 9/44, serial number R1106. I've examined this rifle in minute detail and it's definately a pukka No5 Mk1.
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...y/SS100197.jpg
Don't worry about the "wobbly" nature of the writing, that's just me being a bit rubbish tracing it over with the Dremmel.

[A square 10]

"...No4 production had ceased when this No5 was made and the ...." peter forgive my question if this is obvious or i missed it in the prior posts , but are you indicating no4 production had ceased in sept 45 for that year ? but that no5 production continued ?