Serial numbering of the .303in Lee-Enfield Rifle No.4

This material was extracted from official papers. It should be used only as a general guide.

Extract	Qty	Serial Nos	Rem
Supt ROF Fazakerly		1A - 2000A	2000 rifles to be assembled from existing No1 Mk6 rifle components made by Enfield. Many were made into No4 (T)s
BSA Guns	270000	0001 -9999 A0001 - A9999 & so on thro' alphabet
ROF Maltby	270000	10000 - 19999 A10000 - A19999 & so on thro' alphabet
ROF Fazakerly		20000 - 29999 A20000 - A29999 & so on thro' alphabet then AA, BA, BB etc
ROF Faz	3000	2001A - 3000A 5001A - 6000A 7001A - 8000A	Components not interchangeable	Components for these rifles were made by Enfield about 1935, shipped to Fazakerly in 1940. They were actively sought out and destroyed in the early 1950s. ----Very few have survived.
ROF Maltby	2000	3001A - 4000A 8001A - 9000A	Components not interchangeable
BSA Guns	13000	4001A - 5000A 6001A - 7000A 9001A - 10000A 10001A - 20000A	Components not interchangeable
BSA Shirley	230000	30000 - 39999 A30000 - A39999 & so on through alphabet excluding I, J, O & W also A40000 - A79999
ROF Fazakerly	Repairs	#1 onwards, to cover rifles whose original numbers had become obliterated.
ROF Fazakerly		551-570	Rifles for Pd Stores, Melton Mowbray
ROF Fazakerly	Post war manf	PF1 - PF11000
BSA Shirley		PS1 - PS 10000
ROF Fazakerly		PF12000 - PF 111999
ROF Fazakerly (		PF112000 - PF112099	Order short closed.
ROF Fazakerly	100000	PF118000 - PF217999
ROF Fazakerly		PF218000 - PF219799
ROF Fazakerly		PF225948 - PF250947

In the mid 1950s the entire Fazakerly manufactury, and probably also that of BSA Shirley, was shipped to Pakistan, and set up at Wah Cantt as the Pakistan Ordnance Factory ( POF).

Their No.4 rifle production continued until well into the 1960s. By 1961, these rifles were usually serial numbered such as "61/P.O.F./C12345", but whether the earlier POF production may have continued the "PF" series is uncertain.