Has my LE been Frankensteined?

I've rencently taken to closely inspect my LE, and stuff looks odd to me. Maybe it's just because the markings are faded or I'm just maing up things in me head.
(I can't post pictures right now, for lack of a decent digital shooter)

So here goes: (From front to back)
1)On the front sights: marked SM42 and an up arrow
2)On the sling swivel band: marked VNS and 7
3)On the receiver: 3 mostly erased marks with a circle
Practically illegible No4Mk1
4)On the neck band: an arrow mark, pointing down
An 'A', all alone
1942
S/N AA14200
On the peep sight there's a mark SM43

There are other markings, but are mostly illegible squiggles.

No reason to think so, so far...

Sounds right for 1942 Maltby.

Maltbys have particularly roughly-stamped marks on the butt socket, so its easy to confuse what is actually there: eg the "arrow mark, pointing down" is probably the stylised Maltby "M".

No4s were made out of parts supplied by hundreds of sub-contractors, and then repaired from parts pooled in the military depot system - so its normal to have a wide variety of contractor and factory codes on one rifle.

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Originally Posted by xmingan

3 mostly erased marks with a circle

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Those would be regular Maltby inspection marks, too.
-----krinko