SMLE Mark I and I* s/n assistance

[Lance]

Greetings All

I would like to confirm factory letter prefixes and suffixes for the early SMLE’s. Below is a list comprised of Stratton, Skennerton, and my observations. Many rifles were re-serial numbered over time, I am just looking for factory numbers. If anyone has a correction please let me know.

Thanks in advance

Lance

SMLE Mark I

Enfield (none),A-J
BSA S,T
LSA K
Sparkbrook O, P

SMLE Mark I*

Enfield X, Y
BSA S, T
LSA K
BSA/Spark Q

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[tatou]

I can confirm :
LSA K
BSA/Spark Q
Enfield (none)
I do have a .22 RF Pattern 1914 SR No.1 made with a ShtLE Mk I action that was scrubbed from it's original cypher (if it ever had any) and it has a M prefix serial number.
I'm guessing that one might have never had a serial number before being converted by A.G. Parker and it was allocated to it during that period...?...
On a side note, that action also has EFD inspection markings. So another guess is it was initially fabricated by EFD

[Bindi2]

LSA 1* none
BSA 1* B
Enfield 1* Q

These are Long Lees not the short Mk1 or 1*

[Patt14 No2]

LSA SMLE 1* None

[RCS]

Do not know if these photos will be important or not, but show a Cond 11* with early sights and a early tang butt plate. There was someAttachment 114770Attachment 114771Attachment 114772Attachment 114773Attachment 114774Attachment 114775 thought that this might have been a left over Mark 1 action body built up around 1907 ?

[WillSarchet]

1904 LSA MkI K
1906 Enfield MkI* Q
1907 Enfield MkI* X

All were later converted to MkI** or MkI***. The factory number was ground off my unconverted MkI*.

[HarryB]

Lance, I have a 1905 Enfield SMLE Mk I* with K prefix.

[Buccaneer]

Hi Lance, I hope this might be of use.
1906 Enfield Sht LE 1* #****T
1904 B.S.A.&Co 1*** #S*****
1901 B.S.A.&Co LE1* #A***** now barred out & now converted to .22 Patt '14 No1 #****N
LSA.Co Ltd 1897 LE1 #****B now barred out. LH butt socket marked Enfield 1904 Sht LE Cond 11** #****A it also carries the letter N to show it was Navy issue.

[waco16]

1906 BSA/Sparkbrook MkI*:
83**Q