Magazine variety

[Rick-a-Roo]

The rifle I bought recently came with three magazines ~ all unmarked. The seller "thought" they were original military surplus, thus not of US manufacture.

Since then I have bought several more from the online auction sites, and now find myself with one more having no apparent markings at all, one with the follower marked ICR-1506 R.F.I. - 67 which I assume is British, and one marked on the left hand side with ED mark followed by 960-0017.

All magazines are inch pattern and seem to be in good working order ~ a recent stay in hospital has kinnda put a hold on things for a while.

Mild curiosity has me wondering what the likely origins of these mags are.

[Pluribus]

The follower marked: ICR-1506 R.F.I. - 67 is Indian with the year of manufacture being 1967. R.F.I. is Royal Factory Ishapore. The mag body would be marked the same if all Indian. The ED 960-0017 would be British, manufacturer, Enfield.

I hope your convalescence goes well and, HTH.

Doug

[Rick-a-Roo]

Thanks for the information, Doug, and for the good wishes. I have just re-discovered this link, and so am now getting some education:

http://www.falfiles.com/forums/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=1519481&sortby=title&sortorder=ascending

[Falfegnügen]

I'm pretty sure that RFI = Rifle Factory, Ishapore. Ishapore is just outside Calcutta. Sometime just after WWII, the name was changed from GRI to RFI. GRI having something to do with King George and Royalty, I think.

If any have an Indian magazine body, you'll notice it is a little longer than it's Western counterparts. Not sure why that is, but always wondered if it was some kind of improvement on the part of the Indians.

[eagle54]

I had the same question a while back ..here is a link to my posting :

http://www.falfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=253604