Ah......, but WHERE did that assumption come from 5th Batt? There's nothing written anywhere and it doesn't appear to be a climatic thing as we had all sorts. And believe me, From my experience it'd seem most strange to go to one cap THEN revert to NO cap, then change to another cap............. and then supply spares later with..... NO cap, contrary to whatever! The 11/55 EMER and drawing shows NO cap. The 7/44 original parts list shows NO cap with the STOCK, fore-end as an assembly of the tie plate and rivet. NO cap and rivet. But amendment 3 dated 5/53 is fore-end assembly with cap, rivet, tie plate and tie plate rivet. But this becomes difficult to decipher as all the part numbers change from the old B1-BJxxx numbers to post-war Ordnance B1-CR numbers.

To be honest, the caps were just trouble!