BSA No.4 T magazine

[jonh172]

Hi all,

I have a 1945 BSA no.4 mk1 T with an LB magazine.
I'd like to find one that would be more correct for the rifle.
What should I look for?

I found 2 mags, one marked m/6 and the other m/56.
Are either of these close?

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[Brian Dick]

Any No.4 magazine is correct for your No.4T. The only difference is who made them. The other two are British manufacture if that makes you feel better but the truth is that no one cared about manufacture as long as it was fitted and worked correctly.

[jonh172]

Any No.4 magazine is correct for your No.4T. The only difference is who made them. The other two are British manufacture if that makes you feel better but the truth is that no one cared about manufacture as long as it was fitted and worked correctly.

Great thanks Brian!
I do want it to be of British decent as the current one is LB.
I need a mag for my LB so I figured I'd set out for a Brit one for my T and put the LB in my LB.
The current mag in the T did not come with the rifle, it actually had a smelly mag and I traded that one for a proper no.4.
Getting closer!

[waco16]

M6 is the wartime code for Aluminium Bronze Co Ltd of Walsall
M56 is the wartime code for Cheney & Son Ltd of Willenham

The M series of codes were issued to Manuafacturers in the Midlands
BSA Shirley was in the midlands so either of those would be appropriate

I had an all original BSA '44 No4(T) that carried an M56 coded magazine if that helps?

[jonh172]

M6 is the wartime code for Aluminium Bronze Co Ltd of Walsall
M56 is the wartime code for Cheney & Son Ltd of Willenham

The M series of codes were issued to Manuafacturers in the Midlands
BSA Shirley was in the midlands so either of those would be appropriate

I had an all original BSA '44 No4(T) that carried an M56 coded magazine if that helps?

This is excellent!
Exactly what I was looking for thank you!

[mr.e moose]

Sometimes you have to look beyond matching #'s or same makers mark and wonder how did they get that way? My Uncle once told me that he had a magazine fall out at Normandy and his rifle was basically useless. He secured another magazine and carried it to Holland.

[jonh172]

Sometimes you have to look beyond matching #'s or same makers mark and wonder how did they get that way? My Uncle once told me that he had a magazine fall out at Normandy and his rifle was basically useless. He secured another magazine and carried it to Holland.

Couldn't agree more, nothing wrong with the current Mag, just more of a "treasure hunt" or "why not" situation.

My numbers matching (Mag included) Fazakerly has canadian wood and american stock metal but i wont touch it because its how the rifle should be, just as it was when it left the military.

[browningautorifle]

Sometimes you have to look beyond matching #'s or same makers mark and wonder how did they get that way?

We've been trying to say that here for some time...

[jonh172]

We've been trying to say that here for some time...

I should leave the smle mag in it?

[browningautorifle]

I should leave the smle mag in it?

The military didn't do that. That was after the fact. Any #1 mag would be altered to #4 spec so it locks in correctly.