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    20 Round SMLE Magazine

    This was on a dealer's table at the Kempton Park fair in the UKicon. It is only the 2nd time I've seen one in the flesh. Pouches are dated 1916. Mag is marked Linley & Co. The asking price seemed to vary throughout the day but ended up as £2,000. I didn't buy it.
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    Nice...if it were here. they'd have us drilling a hole and inserting pop rivets to limit the capacity to five.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nigel View Post
    20 Round SMLE Magazine
    Funny how this can be owned in the UKicon , but not here in California.

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    ice...if it were here. they'd have us drilling a hole and inserting pop rivets to limit the capacity to five.
    -In California it would have to be made into a 10-round but un-reversible; so pop rivets would not be allowed.
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    Correct me if I am wrong on the 20rd magazine - but was there a LMG (limited service) in india that also used this 20rd magazine ?

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    Yes that is where the Mags were sent which is why they are so scarce. Stop gap measure till the Bren manufacturing caught up

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    Yes, I gather that with a little modification they would fit the Vickers Berthier LMG.

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    In the last model of the Vickers-Berthier they fit without modification. And they fit in the NZicon Charlton Automatic Rifle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nigel View Post
    This was on a dealer's table at the Kempton Park fair in the UKicon. It is only the 2nd time I've seen one in the flesh. Pouches are dated 1916. Mag is marked Linley & Co. The asking price seemed to vary throughout the day but ended up as £2,000. I didn't buy it.

    A No4 20 round magazine sold about 2 years ago at (a UK) auction - I was out at £200 and it went a little (not much) higher.
    Maybe I should have stayed in a bit longer !

    This was it ....................
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield View Post
    A No4 20 round magazine sold about 2 years ago at (a UKicon) auction - I was out at £200 and it went a little (not much) higher.
    Maybe I should have stayed in a bit longer !

    This was it ....................
    I thought the concensus was that one was modern as it had tig welding on the base?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield View Post
    A No4 20 round magazine sold about 2 years ago at (a UKicon) auction - I was out at £200 and it went a little (not much) higher.
    Maybe I should have stayed in a bit longer !

    This was it ....................
    I was the winning bidder of that mag. Here it is refurbed and fitted.



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