.22 Enfield's Part 5

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Rifle No. 8 Mk I

A special rifle with the only factory adjustable trigger and with another unique, to the type, bolt head system. This rifle was produced BSA Shirley and Fazakerly using surplus No. 5 and No. 4 receivers. A very common rifle, they were well used and are mostly found today in less than perfect condition.

This rifle can be found with its factory calibrated rear sight especially made for this rifle or with a Parker Hale fine adjustment rear sight and its special broad forend designed for better grip.

A pretty common rifle that does not command the value it should. My example is one of the 2000ish BSA produced rifles under New Zealand contract, made with a No. 4 style receiver and fit with standard factory sights.

.22 RF N. 9 Mk I, previous known as the Rifle No. 9 Mk I

Modified by Parker Hale in the late 1950’s to early 1960 for the Royal Navy it is a rebuilt No. 4 rifle of varying original mark design fitted with a tubed barrel and standard milled rear sight with a 25 YDS mark on the left side. Unlike the previous British post war .22 rifles is assembled using mostly standard parts similar to the C No. 7.

This rifle is fairly uncommon but surprisingly not extremely popular from what I have observed, maybe due to its plain appearance?

My example is a conversion of a No. 4 Mk 2 and is one of the last 150 assembled.

This is the end for me, anyone with later .22's please pick this up, hope you enjoyed it.