Does anyone know what an EX1/2 is?

[mrclark303]

I wonder if HK went ahead and marked the receiver A3 to differencate the slightly modified receiver build from the original Enfield and Nottingham made examples?

[Peter Laidler]

It is ...... Ooooooops, deleted as posted in the wrong place!

[stencollector]

I note also that the cocking handle is not a standard Ex1/Ex2 pattern. Does it have a forward assist feature? or is it something else? a replacement perhaps, as the fibre ones seem a little delicate.

A week or two ago I came into possession of a bunch more EX1 parts that had been hiding out at my favorite surplus yard. In one bag was about 35 charging handles. About 33 were the phonelic knob, with some chipped and a few broken off, but there were two of them that had what seemed like an aluminum knob. Perhaps the CF bought parts from FN later to keep supporting these rifles, and that was what FN was making by then.

[mrclark303]

Interesting....