Savage Enfield

[Mk VII]

I have been doing some research in the British archives on this and other points and while I am busy with another project at present, hopefully that will publish early next year and I hope to be able to turn my attention to this. At present I will say that:-
A telegram from the British Purchasing Commission in August 1941 says that Savage is aiming at an eventual production rate of 2000 per day on a double shift.
A telegram dated 11th Sept 1941 says that Savage will complete few rifles in September due largely to non-delivery of machine tools and that they expect to produce 1100 in Oct and 2200 in Nov. (these figures were later revised downwards)
A later document in my possession dated Dec. 3rd says that Savage production for Nov. 1941 was nil, due to production difficulties, and another telegram dated 6th Jan. 1942 says the number accepted by inspectors in December was 1325. At this point Savage expected to produce 1500 in January and 3500 in February and 7500 in March.
In a letter dated May 20th 1944, Mr F.E. Robinson, Special Advisor to the MoS Mission, mentions attending the millionth rifle ceremony at Savage and implies that this was very recent (Skennerton notes it occurred on the 18th).

A hand-written document in the file drawn up in 1946 on receipts of smallarms from the USA notes the total of No.4's sent as 1,193,136 of which 46,678 were lost in transit.