No. 4 serial number help

[PeterOM]

Hi, unfortunately the receiver sidewall has a coating of Suncorite- it seems to read" No4Mk1ROF ? " and below " 8(?)/44 ". The vibrapen inscribing is light and to see more I'd have to remove the coating. Thanks, Peter

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[Alan de Enfield]

Hi, unfortunately the receiver sidewall has a coating of Suncorite- it seems to read" No4Mk1ROF ? " and below " 8(?)/44 ". The vibrapen inscribing is light and to see more I'd have to remove the coating. Thanks, Peter

It would only be ROF(F) or ROFM does it look like either of those ?

If you can get a look at the draws, Fazakerley were the only manufacturer not to make both sides of the draws the same size. (one side is much wider than the other) so an instant giveaway for a faz No4.

Apologies to the owner of this picture, I did not keep a record of whose it was when I took a copy. (It may have been Roger Payne ?)

The Faz is the one on the right.

[PeterOM]

Ok, took off the forearm wood and the result is in the picture. Appears to be a Faz. Having never seen a Maltby apart I would never have noticed, thanks.