Factory converted No 4

[rhodders]

This was a very rare beast indeed.

The Unissued No 4 MK 2 was delivered to my designated gun shop for inspection, not being rifle literate to the degree to check whether the gun is correct or not I had two friends check it out.

These guys have at least 60 years experience with all kinds of rifles not to mention 120mm tank rounds.

The beast was taken apart by the venerable duo and found to be a 1941 maltby rof at least twice and the last one after the recognised closure date of the FAZ factory.

Some of the numbers were rather hard to find but find them they did under overmarked other numbers.

The 7.62 conversion would seem to be a rather amateur job apparently using a converted 303 mag and extractor.

In conclusion let the buyer beware and always get expert knowledge.

rhodders

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[Alan de Enfield]

The beast was taken apart by the venerable duo and found to be a 1941 maltby rof at least twice and the last one after the recognised closure date of the FAZ factory.
rhodders

I'm confused :
a) when you say it was a Maltby ROF twice do you mean it was built a Maltby rifle and then FTR'd by Maltby ?

b) I cannot see the connection between the Maltby factory and the closure of the Fazakerly factory - two different factories 100s of miles apart ?