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THE LIST OF CHANGES 2005 - 2003

February 28, 2005
TOOLS: This must be bore viewer week. Ron Healey popped in to see an arms dealer in Ulster, Northern Ireland and walked out with a .22 caliber Type One bore viewer.  Al Fraser, Georgetown, Ontario, Canada send in pics of his Navy 1940 .50 caliber bore viewer for Vickers MG.  While we were at it, we added three new marked viewers, one with a BSA inspection stamp - the first inspection stamp ever reported on a bore viewer.  All found here: Bore Viewers.

February 21, 2005
TOOLS: Just when I think I've got most of the bore viewers covered, along comes Thomas Robb, Belfast, Northern Ireland, with a .22 caliber Type One bore viewer.  His friend Ron Healey took some great pics and sent them in. (Thank you!) We've added them to the page on Bore Viewers.

February 20, 2005
TOOLS: Ron Healey, Belfast, Northern Ireland, noticed that his EFD Type Two bore viewer sported the previously unreported O mark and promptly sent some good quality plonks. (Thank you, Ron!) We've added them to the page on Bore Viewers.

February 13, 2005
ENFIELDS ABROAD: Henry Gaidis, Olney, Maryland, USA, is a well-known collector and historian of Latvian military history. He was kind enough to send us a pile of pictures from the 1930s and 1940's of Latvian troops armed with various types of Enfield rifles.  We've added them (with our thanks!) to the page on Latvia's Enfields.

February 12, 2005
TOOLS: Ian Robertson, Nepean, Ontario, Canada, noted the previously unreported F stamp on an EFD Type Two bore viewer and sent in some pictures.  We've added them (and our thanks!) to the index of Bore Viewers.

January 13 , 2004
OILERS: Finished the Canadian oiler marks page, including a capsule history of the Dominion Arsenal, the Ross Rifle Company and Canada's WWII production plant at Long Branch, Ontario.

January 4 , 2004
OILERS: Finished the Australian oiler marks page, including a quick look at the history of SAF Lithgow.

December 31, 2004
OILERS: Collected and organized 437 pics and bits of info about British made Enfield oilers.  The page includes a brief history of several Enfield factories, including RSAF Enfield, RSAF Sparkbrook, and of course, the Birmingham Small Arms Company. Pages for the Canadians, Indians and Australians are in progress, but this page, at last, is finished.

June 22, 2004
CODES & MARKS: Finally, FINALLY, finished the Government Codes & Marks page.  (After you see it, you'll understand why it took so long to put together.)

June 15, 2004
ENFIELD QUEUE: Added a pile of new rifles to Australia, Canada, England, South Africa, China and Greece, as well as some new smallbore trainers.  Moved the two Unknown Soldiers to India after getting some info about the marks of the Karachi Depot.

May 31, 2004
SITE MAP: Added the Site Map page and cleaned up some of the placeholder links. Updated some of the minor content on several index pages.

May 10 , 2004
Oilers: Added 96 pictures to the Fast Finder page.  All of the pix now are linked to a pop-up page with a brief description of the mark. 

February 18 , 2004
Bayonets: Added new Bayonets index page for regimentally marked bayonets. Added a Royal Canadian Navy bayonet as well as a Royal Berkshire Regiment bayonet.

January 27, 2004
Rifles: Added new Smallbore Trainers page.
For Sale:  Added P14 Volley Sight sets

October 24, 2003
Enfield-Queue: Added Royal Winnipeg Rifles to the Canadians. Added some historical background to the page for Greece as well as another rifle marked EK/SEOS. Added another smiling pussycat to the page for Thailand and a new page for the Hong Kong Police. 

September 21, 2003
Tools: Added new Bore Viewers page.

September 15, 2003
Added the List-of-Changes email sign up link.
For Sale: added three rifles (all No.1 Mk V's).

July 29, 2003
Enfield-Queue: added Royal Garwhal Rifles to India; added new page for Newfoundland and the Royal Newfoundland Rifles to their own page (as Newfoundland, "England's Oldest Colony", did not become part of Canada until 1949).  Removed the British East Africa - King's African Rifles from the Queue.
Regimentals:  Finished the King's African Rifles pages; added to the Regimental index.