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i usta know but i forgot.
thx for the help, gents.
goo
thx for the help, gents.
goo
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Its the letter prefix.
Example :- Production would start at A0001 thru to A9999 then B0001 thru B9999 etc until they got to Uxxxx and your rifle was born.
Goo - can you re-post picture of the guy on the motorbike with the traffic cone, I've been trying to find it for ages and could use it.
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i don't think that's correct. most smles don't have a letter prefix
the same ser no. on the bolt and nose piece don't got no 'u'
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Whilst not a huge number - every SMLE I have seen has had a prefix letter.
Are you thinking about the U that it is on the No4 rifles signifying South African ownership ?
Thanks for the photo link.Last edited by Alan De Enfield; 01-28-2015, 10:46.Comment
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Goo, your alive.Democrat: A person too stupid to know they're a communist.
If you heard my shot, I wasn't aiming at you.Comment
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I understood that the letter prefix was part of a "code" denoting the place of manufacture. I am by NO means an Enfield authority, just something I read......Comment
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That system didn't come into use until the 1950's. The WW2 system used an assigned number block (where the first digit of the assigned 5 digit block) indicating the manufacturing facility. That was British production only.
North American production was different though. C was the indicator for Savage who used a numeric prefix. For example 0C12345 then 1C12345 etc. Long Branch (Canada) used the letter L for their indicator.
Lithgow stayed with letter prefixes to show a rollover throughout as did Ishapore.Last edited by JB White; 02-01-2015, 02:58.2016 Chicago Cubs. MLB Champions!
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BSA started MkIII production in 1907 continuing on where they left off with the Mk1 with the letter prefix T with the prefix U appearing also in 1907, U seems to have been used up until about 1912 when they moved on to V then on though the rest of the alphabet before starting back at the beginning.
My 1907 BSA U2007
My 1911 BSA U76498
1917 BSA with a G prefix
1918 BSA with a K prefix
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Thanks 5BATT - I was beginning to doubt my own rifles when Goo said that SMLEs dont have prefix letters.Comment
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