Just been trying to decode the markings on my SMLE No1 Mk 3. Think I've figured most of it out but was surprised when I looked at the year stamp through a magnifying glass that it has been very clearly initially stamped as 1917 with an 8 very precisely overstamped on the 7. Without magnification it is hard to see this over stamping.
Just wondering why this would happen? Simple error on the production line or was it held back over a Christmas holiday period? Am I being naiive imagining a Christmas holiday in Sparkbrook towards the end of the war?
Any thoughts gratefully received.Information
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