Capt. Laidlericon,

The Second World War is referred to as “the Emergency” in Ireland, as they stayed out of it. It was that period I was referring to. Sorry if my choice of words was unclear.
In any case the reference was to the shortage of usable rifles during the Emergency, or the period from September of 1939 to 1945, though the dire shortages were mostly resolved by the second quarter of 1942
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