Royal Hong Kong Defense Force Rifle

[krinko]

Got this rifle from Gunbroker on a low Buy-It-Now, before anyone else in the Continental United States was awake.

The benefits of insomnia...

The rifle is marked on the buttsocket...

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The magazine bottom...

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...and the bolt handle.

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The rifle is in standard No4 configuration, though the receiver is an erased Fazakerley No5 Mk1.

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The "F" marked trigger/sear assembly is why I say this otherwise blank receiver is FAZ.The bolt is an "F/54" replacement part and the barrel is an "M47 C 1953" replacement barrel.

There is a "Crowned BM" proof on the receiver ring, but as this is not repeated on the barrel and bolt, I suspect the rifle was assembled in the Orient from salvage and spares.

-----krinko

[Woftam]

Krinko,

Interesting firearm. Never knew there were any beneficial side effects to insomnia.

Do you think the 54 is a rebuild date, a serial number a rack number ?

[krinko]

Woftam,

There are no other numbers on the rifle---so I suspect a rack/serial number instead of a date.

-----krinko