In addition to the wood cheekpiece, I have seen a photo of an Egyptian 'sniper' with a leather cheekpiece but have no idea if it was original equipment. Lastly, probably as few as several hundred, or less, rifles in this range have the wood cheekpiece that would indicate a true 'sniper' rifle. As I said before, only the last 2,500 rifles in this range ALSO have the middle sling swivel. The data is showing that just about all Egyptians from around serial number 28XXX up to 359XX (8000 rifles) have the scope cut. Your rifle is in the highest of these three serial number ranges. There are at least 3 different serial number ranges where the Egyptian-contract FN-49s have the scope mount dovetail machined in the left receiver rail. This feature is supposedly for an alternate position for the sling in some shooting positions (although I have never read any military tech manual issued by Egypt that would confirm this use). Perhaps due to the British influence in Egypt this feature was adopted for these last 2,500 Egyptians. Gyrene - On the middle sling swivel, this feature is similar that that used on many of the sniper rifles in the United Kingdom, the LeeEnfield No.

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Note that the Egyptian rifle bears its serial numbers in Western and Arabian numbers. Shariah Program Classical Arabic Pdf on this page.

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