The bolt is mated to the master component during the assembly process and both are given the same serial number. The receiver is referred to as the master component. Am I correct in stating that my rifle is one of these early production ones? The only reference I saw to that is from Ian Skennerton noting that certain very early rifles produced at BSA Shirley only had 1 letter followed by 4 numbers not 5. From online research I see that the standard format for these serial numbers is one or two letters followed by 5 numbers so I'm wondering why there is only 4. The older looking serial number stamped is A3517. The new looking serial number stamp is IOE059 on the receiver. There does appear to be two serial numbers visible on the reciever, which does make sense as I have seen references to these rifles being given new serial numbers after FTR. First marking is B 55 FTR which I have understood means it went through the FTR program like many of these rifles did post WWII. Some of them I have worked out but some I can't find any reference to online. I recently came into possession of a No4 MK1/2 rifle that I have been trying to decipher the markings on it.
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