Inglis Hi Power Serial Number?

[Scout Sniper]

Hello all,

Im interested to know what the earliest serial number on record is in the T range of pistols?

0T being the lowest, but what was the lowest full serial number.

Many thanks

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[Lee Enfield]

Hello all,

Im interested to know what the earliest serial number on record is in the T range of pistols?

0T being the lowest, but what was the lowest full serial number.

Many thanks

0CH1 would be the first Inglis production serial number.
The first "T" series would be 0T1

I believe I saw a photo of it at one point.

[Scout Sniper]

Hello thanks for the reply, everywhere i have read says the lowest seen was 0T2...

Im not doubting you just saying what i read on more than one occasion. Was just curious how low they went as i have a HP with the 0T2 serial.

[Lee Enfield]

Hello thanks for the reply, everywhere i have read says the lowest seen was 0T2...

Im not doubting you just saying what i read on more than one occasion. Was just curious how low they went as i have a HP with the 0T2 serial.

Do you have 0T2 or 0T2xxx ?

Serial numbers theoretically went thru 0T1 thru 0T9999 then 1T0 thru 1T9999 then 2T0 thru 2T9999

At some point they added the extra zeros but gun 50,034 was engraved as 5T34, not as 5T0034 (currently for sale on another board)

In addition there were a couple of blocks of doubled serial numbers that they corrected by creating a 10T and 20T (added the 2 in front of the origin serial number) block

[Low & Slow]

Mine is OT209, built in September 1944, right about when the Chinese contract was canceled. No stock slot, fixed sights. Certainly not too early.

[Scout Sniper]

Nice, thank you for the information. Mine is 0T22XX.

It does not have the No.2 engraving on the slide.

[Lee Enfield]

Nice, thank you for the information. Mine is 0T22XX.

It does not have the No.2 engraving on the slide.

The majority of the "No 2" markings are engraved or handstamped at some later service point.

[Scout Sniper]

The majority of the "No 2" markings are engraved or handstamped at some later service point.

I have found this to be untrue...

Pistols made approximately before serial 0T27XX were not of Mk1* specification and have no slide markings. They were only on slides of pistols made after this spec change which included;

Barrel lug changed from round to square.
Extractor & ejector modified.

Source of information - Inglis Diamond.

[Lee Enfield]

I have found this to be untrue...

Pistols made approximately before serial 0T27XX were not of Mk1* specification and have no slide markings. They were only on slides of pistols made after this spec change which included;

Barrel lug changed from round to square.
Extractor & ejector modified.

Source of information - Inglis Diamond.

The designations for the Inglis pistols are: No1Mk1, No1MkI*, No2MkI and No2MkI*

The vast majority of both No1 (Tangent rear sight) and No2 (fixed rear sight) pistols were both originally at the Inglis factory marked ONLY with the "MkI*" portion of the designation.

If the No1 or No2 markings are present on the slide, they are (almost) always handstamped (post war in service) [the exception to this are the post war manufactured slides by CAL] to correct the model designation on the gun.

INGLIS DIAMOND HI POWER - C43351 - United States

Here is an "Inglis Diamond" No2MkI* and the model designation is clearly "MkI*"

The "Inglis Diamond" marked guns are said to have been manufactured during the last week of production.

[Bruce McAskill]

I have found this to be untrue...

Pistols made approximately before serial 0T27XX were not of Mk1* specification and have no slide markings. They were only on slides of pistols made after this spec change which included;

Barrel lug changed from round to square.
Extractor & ejector modified.

Source of information - Inglis Diamond.

Your right My serial number is 0T36XX and it is unmarked on the slide. A bit funny in that the author of the Inglis Diamond had all of this information when he was researching the book. He had asked for information and serial numbers and I sent him mine years ago.