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**4V50 Gary** · January 1, 2013, 02:51 PM

Check out Ian Skennerton's The Lee Enfield Story, page 434. There is an "Experimental No. 1 Shortened & Lightened Rifle." Except for the disk, it looks just like the one in the image.

Markings are:

MA
Lithgow
SMLE
III*
1944

A few were made in England but a batch of 100 were made in Australia for army trials in 1944. Serial numbers are preceded by "XP" and were numbered from 1 to 100.

January 1, 2013, 02:51 PM	#16
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,832	Check out Ian Skennerton's The Lee Enfield Story, page 434. There is an "Experimental No. 1 Shortened & Lightened Rifle." Except for the disk, it looks just like the one in the image. Markings are: MA Lithgow SMLE III* 1944 A few were made in England but a batch of 100 were made in Australia for army trials in 1944. Serial numbers are preceded by "XP" and were numbered from 1 to 100. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*