No.5 47 C

[5thBatt]

According to Uncle Ian, Faz built 169,807 of the No.5 MkI and BSA only manufactured 81,329.

The number quoted by Ian for Fazakerley production of 169,807 is only up to rifle s/n S8823 & for BSA up to s/n BJ1337 there were tens of thousends of No5s not included in these totals given, in fact virtually all of 1946 & all of 1947 production No5s are not included in those totals, a fact i have tried to point out a few times for it to be completely ignored.

To Fazakerley production you can add 9,999 rifles for the prefixes T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z,AA,AB & AC or about 100,000 rifles.
Faz were allocated s/n blocks that were not used but as they were allocated AD,AE & AF as well (i understand there maybe a AD prefixed No5 out there) AE & AF were the non used s/n blocks.

Btw before anyone starts claiming they all have 4 digit s/n's & thats why the number is so low vs s/n prefixes, there are 1, 2 & 3 digit numbered No5's that have been observed.