Serial numbers on Rifle .303 No4

This material was extracted from official papers. It should be used as a general guide.

Extract

Qty

Serial Nos

Rem

Supt ROF Faz akerly

 

1A - 2000A

2000 rifles to be assembled from existing No1 Mk6 rifle components made by Enfield.

Many were made into No4 (T)s

BSA Guns

270000

0001 -9999

A0001 - A9999

& so on thro' alphabet

 

ROF Maltby

270000

10000 - 19999

A10000 - A19999

& so on thro' alphabet

 

ROF Faz

 

20000 - 29999

A20000 - A29999

& so on thro' alphabet

then AA, BA, BB etc

 

ROF Faz

3000

2001A - 3000A

5001A - 6000A

7001A - 8000A

Components not interchangeable

Components for these rifles were made by Enfield about 1935, shipped to Fazakerly in 1940. They were actively sought out and destroyed in the early '50s. Very few have survived.

ROF Maltby

2000

3001A - 4000A

8001A - 9000A

Components not interchangeable

BSA Guns

13000

4001A - 5000A

6001A - 7000A

9001A - 10000A

10001A - 20000A

Components not interchangeable

Shirley

230000

30000 - 39999

A30000 - A39999

& so on thro' alphabet

excluding I, J, O & W

also

A40000 - A79999

 

ROF Faz

Repairs

#1 onwards, to cover rifles whose original numbers had become obliterated.

 

Faz

 

551-570

Rifles for Pd Stores, Melton Mobray

ROF Faz

 

Post war manf

PF1 - PF11000

 

Shirley

 

PS1 - PS 10000

 

ROF Faz

 

PF12000 - PF 111999

 

ROF Faz

(

 

PF112000 - PF112099

Order short closed.

ROF Faz

100000

PF118000 - PF217999

 

ROF Faz

 

PF218000 - PF219799

 

ROF Faz

 

PF225948 - PF250947