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I understand and agree with everything you have said, Seaforth, but I am sticking to my point that the button cocking pieces on the early SMLE Mk III* and the early No. 4 Mk 1 and Mk 1* are...

Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. My point was that your First Variation cocking piece looks like the one on early SMLE Mk III*'s, and that they were a different design to the No. 4 First Variation, or...

I am envious - having trouble locating this level of No.4 here in Texas. Patience I guess...

Others more expert can comment, but very interested in the cocking piece. Yours looks just like the...

I have No. 4 Mk 1* 56L9938, marked 1943. Dark wood, I guess walnut. Cast gray alloy butt plate. British BNP export marked but no U.S. import marks. Mis-matched 1943 BSA-Shirley bolt. SMC-marked...