New to Me Enfield Serial Number Question

[Steve H. in N.Y.]

Welcome to the forum. A flash hider on a No.4 rifle would be a later non-military modification. More details or pictures would help with an evaluation.

[Peter Laidler]

Regarding the Faz/ROF6 made PF serial numbers detailed above. Am I right in assuming from this that there were duplicated PF serial numbers allocated on Mk1 AND Mk2 rifles. This seems (or rather, IS......) totally alien to the numbering sequence. It was my understanding that Mk1 rifle production had ceased in order to change over to the much slower production of the new Mk2 although the 'H' block were still going hammer and tongs FTR'ing

We know that the Fazakerley FTR's that had a lost or missing or indecipherable or illegible number were allocated Y serial number prefixes (that would become YY after the Yxxxxx ran out) as it preceded the War Department lost or missing number prefix of Z and ZZ

The original and lost number batches were allocated by the old MoS at the direction of the recipient, in this case the War Department. After the MoS ceased, that office was taken over by the now Ministry of Defence and still exists. Indeed, they will still issue 'lost or missing' numbers and specify serial number batches, range and prefixes (my L96 is UA 86A-xxxx C) to manufacturers even today.

It would seem quite incredible that a serial number batch was issued twice although stranger things have happened. In fact Mk1 and 2 UK made Brens overlapped for a short while at the V prefix but that was only to allow production to continue unbroken.

In short, anyone got a PF numbered Mk1 in the Mk2 production range............. Can we show any duplication or as near duplication as it's possible to get?