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Zormpas
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Posted: October 02 2016 at 9:28pm |
I think entirely too much, but take a squint at this picture of two different magazines for the #4/5:
The one on the left is the one that came with my 1947 #5 (Faz), and is serialized to that gun. The one on the right is a recently acquired specimen, no serial number evident. Any particular dark and mysterious meaning behind the "partial" paint job on the second one? Different supplier, different year, originally destined for a #4 instead of a #5? Or just "one of those things"? |
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Shamu
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I'd guess someone repainted it in the gun.
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Zormpas
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Painted or repainted, it certainly looks that way. They would have played he!! getting the old paint stripped off of it though...
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Shamu
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Oh I don't know I've seen some mag that have had a hard life look like the top half.
I can't understand why you'd only paint the bottom though? laziness maybe? |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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A square 10
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well - here is my take as no one else has offered it - the magazine was a proprietary item , fitted to the rifle and meant to remain , the fact that it was detachable is totally obscure to the contemporary idea that they are somehow dispensable or interchangeable ,
thus your numbered item is the one of value , should you choose to use another instead of charger loading - fine , but it was not designed for this , intended for this , nor is it acceptable within the traditional enfield ranks , that said we are a tolerant bunch and we welcome all , nuf said , im off my soapbox , |
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Zormpas
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Square 10 - I'm well aware of "that"! I have a metric ton of charging clips as well. Just trying to understand what the "new" magazine may have gone through.
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MJ11
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I don't have a definitive answer but I have seen magazines painted this way in the past. Could be several reasons as mentioned but laziness seems most likely.
Just how many chargers are in a metric ton ? |
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The Spartans do not ask how many the enemies are but where they are
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paddyofurniture
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I like Canadian made chargers myself.
Made by Hoadie's friends the Gnome. |
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Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.
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Zormpas
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Exactly 13 more than in a boatload! |
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MJ11
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I guess we all know a boatload then. It's a unit of measurement.
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Zormpas
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Yep! Kinda like a.. er, never mind. Seriously, I have 10 or 12 of them. Nice picture, BTW! |
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-Zorba
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