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James K · March 11, 2012, 05:50 PM

On rifles in British service, a stripe like that meant the rifle was not for the standard .303 ammo. It was put on U.S. Lend-Lease guns, both M1917's (where confusion was very possible since the nearly identical Pattern 1914 used .303) and M1 rifles.

I don't know for sure what it meant in Indian service, but it could have meant the same, that the rifle was not chambered for .303.

Jim

March 11, 2012, 05:50 PM	#2
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	On rifles in British service, a stripe like that meant the rifle was not for the standard .303 ammo. It was put on U.S. Lend-Lease guns, both M1917's (where confusion was very possible since the nearly identical Pattern 1914 used .303) and M1 rifles. I don't know for sure what it meant in Indian service, but it could have meant the same, that the rifle was not chambered for .303. Jim