No4 MK1/2 questions

[Peter Laidler]

With the greatest respect to Fultons and their explanation that the absence of the collar under the woodwork was so that the body would bear on the wood is based on fuzzy logic! The purpose of the collar is to ENSURE that the body seated firmly on the wood but at the same time, the SCREW, trigger guard front could be really tightened up without UNDULY crushing the wood. The arrow in a U indicates to me a South African barrel. There is a lot of patching and infilling of the fore-end and I suspect that this was all part of the regulated process.

Correct fore-end fitting was a mystic art, learned by apprentices over many months. And if you got it wrong, you chiselled out the errors, patched the fore-end and started again!

As it is a T spec rifle (?????) I would be asking myself why the bedding criteria for sniper rifles was NEVER changed from day 1.

I'm minded to suggest that this thread would be better placed in the Lee Enfield section where you'll probably gate more and moire reliable info coming forward

Peter, ex Armourer formerly based at NDOD Ngaruawahia, Waiouru and a bit at Papakura!