1944 No5 Mk1
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haretrigger
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- Lower Mainland, BC
The one rifle that I still need to pickup for my collection is a wartime No 5 Mk.1. What a beauty you've got yourself there!
One thing I've never been clear on is which models of this rifle had the metal nosecap on the forestock?
One thing I've never been clear on is which models of this rifle had the metal nosecap on the forestock?
There's only one model. It was made at two different factories (ROF Fazackerly and one of the three BSA factories in Birmingham.) Some had the nosecap, some didn't. I'm not sure if it was a matter of later versus earlier production or of one factory and not the other, but there isn't a different model designation for with nosecap versus without.
Kevt28, yep she's been cleaned, photos were taken when i first got it 
haretrigger, the nosecap seems to be from early 1946 but there is no hard evidence to exactly when.
Here's my 1946, same factory (Fazakerley) with nosecap.
Looks a bit like a 'brush stroke' but is part of the woodgrain.
haretrigger, the nosecap seems to be from early 1946 but there is no hard evidence to exactly when.
Here's my 1946, same factory (Fazakerley) with nosecap.
Looks a bit like a 'brush stroke' but is part of the woodgrain.
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