Fazakerley UF55

[Peter Laidler]

I would agree with Clarkie, thread 10, line 5 above. All of the Fazakerley classified/controlled stock went to store at Enfield where it lay unloved - and obsolete for years. Odds and sods were used as and when needed, such as the L39 project and for the proposed L8 and all that. I would imagine that when Enfield was closed and sold off, all of the remains were sold off prior to transfer of the remaining manufacturing plant to Nottingham

[mrclark303]

I would agree with Clarkie, thread 10, line 5 above. All of the Fazakerley classified/controlled stock went to store at Enfield where it lay unloved - and obsolete for years. Odds and sods were used as and when needed, such as the L39 project and for the proposed L8 and all that. I would imagine that when Enfield was closed and sold off, all of the remains were sold off prior to transfer of the remaining manufacturing plant to Nottingham

From what I hear Peter, quite a few odds and sods came out of Enfield in 1988! Unfortunately including some items that had strayed from the Pattern Room collection by mistake and ended up being flogged off, I never got to the bottom of that one (regarding precisely what was involved), but I hear there were a few red faces and smacked bottoms!

[Simon P]

One of the items that leaked from the Pattern Room was a MkII BSA Trials Machine Carbine, which i had the pleasure of recently before it was exported a few months ago.

This is what it looked like:

BSA

[mrclark303]

Evening Simon, I had a good look at an example over at Warminster last year, a very curious looking and compact SMG...

[Peter Laidler]

But not as good as the competitor.............

[mrclark303]

But not as good as the competitor.............

Quite, can't prove it, but I have a strong hunch my early (no S/N) MP5 might have been seperated from the Pattern Room too at about the same time.

As I understand it, examples of various firearms were removed from the collection to study by various interested parties over the years in the factory and just didn't find their way back at the time of the closure and the Pattern Rooms relocation.