Videos tagged with Contract Manufacture

This video details a unique 'sealed pattern' Baker rifle, identified as an unfinished example from the early days of the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield. Firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson explains how this smoothbore, unsighted rifle, lacking a bayonet bar notch and front sling swivel, served as a control for manufacturing. It highlights the transition from the Tower of London's assembly system to Enfield's in-house production of complete firearms, suggesting this unfinished pattern was a cost-saving measure for contractors during wartime.