FWIW, check out the beautiful Bren setup on GB if you are into them. NICE.....

[Lee Enfield]

I know that the Mk1's, especially the early Mk1's have a mystical air about them, but the Mk2 is a far, far better, simplified, more reliable, easier to use and maintain gun. As for the Mk3, well it's really a lightened Mk2 for want of a better description. Great gun Tact

So given a MkI with an FTR Mk2 gas cylinder and a MkII with a MkII (not an Inglis MkII) gas cylinder, is there really anything to chose?


And can anyone explain why Enfield, Lithgow and Inglis continued to use the MkI (and unthreaded "MkII" at Inglis) double vented Gas Cylinder into 1945 end of production (and the 1950's FTRs) when Daimler/Monotype were (I'm told) using the unthreaded single vented "MkII" gas cylinder starting in 1942??

Can TactAdv show us a pic of his gas cylinder?