They are an interesting rifle variant of the 1/2's and 1/3's in that BSA did the conversions. The markings on the No.4 FTR's are exactly the same and I have yet to see a No.4 with a FTR 1953 date on it. III's, 1953 being the only date I've seen on a Mk. It is well known BSA did FTR's on No.1 Mk. The Fazakerly conversions will read FTR (F) and the date of the conversion with the original serial number re-used and usually all of the original markings are retained.īSA, on the other hand, did exactly the same conversions and will read FTR 1954, B 55 FTR, B 56 FTR and Krinko's FTR 1957 but almost all examples I have seen have had the original markings removed and a new "A" prefix serial number assigned. 1/2 and 1/3, other than that, no additional work was done. The conversions are complete FTR's from a Mk.I or I* to Mk.
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