"P" in a circle stamped on a No1Mk3 knox

[Peter Laidler]

ROF Poole......... Yes, but not in this instance as they weren't involved in anything to do with the No1 rifle

[stevesmle]

The Pakistani's were using No.1 Mk III's that they inherited after 1947, and before they started making their own No. 4's, and some must have gone through the system at Wah, perhaps the P in a circle on this rifle is just an ownership marking.

[Thunderbox]

I doubt that the mark is the same as the Pakistani one - the "p in a circle" is quite common, and appears on rifles that have no other sign of having been to Pakistan or India.

Possibly its some kind of civilian inspection mark. All of these rifles have been re-sold by wholesalers - either to foreign countries, other commercial clients, or direct onto the civilian gun market. Its a business that is barely documented at all - apart from a few lines in the book about Interarms - and there is no telling how bulk orders were selected and processed.