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ZAMAK/MAZAK butt plactes on the #4T
A question has been asked about the use of brass butt plates verse ZAMAK/mazak butt plates on the #4T war time rifles. When and why were the brass discontinued ? None of my original T rifles have the brass plate till post war and I have only seen one original T with the brass. Several obvious reasons have been put forward like war time material needs for brass to cost. What opinions can I get here ?
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MJ, don't take this personally, but that's crap.
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12-04-2017 02:18 PM
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I think it was simply a case of Zinc alloy being more suited to austere wartime mass production.
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Brass was a valuable strategic material so cheaper alloy was a wartime expedient. mazak butt plates were never declared obsolete, just obsolescent so new mazak spares were issued as replacement parts well into the late 60's.
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Thank you Peter and mrclark303.
MJ, don't take this personally, but that's crap.
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For what it's qworth, the Knowledge Library seems to indicate that Trials T's carry brass butt-plates
1933 Enfield No.4 Mk1(T) "Trials Rifle"
whereas [at least some] Savage T's carry mazak plates
https://www.milsurps.com/content.php...le-(less-scope)
as do Long Branch T's
1944 Enfield No.4 Mk1*(T) TP Sniper
So, given that the New World was blessed with an abundance of metal resources, maybe it was to do with a non-glinting butt-plate, rather than metal shortage - or am I way off beam here, Peter?
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TRials T's weren't wartime production Rob! Yep, non glinting didn't come into the equation either because the brass butt plates were to be left to dull naturally in any case - as were the mazak ones of course. Except when we fitted and polished them as apprentices, when they had to fit perfectly and gleam!
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