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T. O'Heir · March 22, 2017, 11:52 AM

A 1941 vintage No. 4 Mk I is a very early rifle. That's the year the thing was adopted by the Brits.
"FTR" stands for "Factory Through Repair". As in anything that needed fixing or replacing got fixed or repaired by a Brit arsenal/factory. If the cocking piece worked, it didn't need replacing and wasn't. If nothing needed fixing it wasn't, so no 'FTR' stamp.
I notice your rifle doesn't have all the usual swarm of stamps(particularly the 'BNP' stamps required by British law, but there are no proof stamps either.) all over it, so it may have been refinished by "some guy" or assembled out of parts bins. Appears to have Suncorite paint on it and that's post war.
In any case, matching numbers does no guarantee the headspace is good. Check it.
"...too large to upload to this site..." Thank you.

March 22, 2017, 11:52 AM	#5
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	A 1941 vintage No. 4 Mk I is a very early rifle. That's the year the thing was adopted by the Brits. "FTR" stands for "Factory Through Repair". As in anything that needed fixing or replacing got fixed or repaired by a Brit arsenal/factory. If the cocking piece worked, it didn't need replacing and wasn't. If nothing needed fixing it wasn't, so no 'FTR' stamp. I notice your rifle doesn't have all the usual swarm of stamps(particularly the 'BNP' stamps required by British law, but there are no proof stamps either.) all over it, so it may have been refinished by "some guy" or assembled out of parts bins. Appears to have Suncorite paint on it and that's post war. In any case, matching numbers does no guarantee the headspace is good. Check it. "...too large to upload to this site..." Thank you. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!