I am looking over my No1 MKIII* made in 1942 trying to figure out who made it. I took off the cover just in front of the receiver and the inspection marks have a crown with either an E pointing down or an E pointing up rather than being in a normal position. This doesn't match any of the books or the Broad Arrow book I have, is this a mark of an inspector just being lazy, in a hurry or just getting the mark on there no matter which direction it is in? I am having a problem trying to figure out who made the rifle as all I have by the date stamp by the bolt is a partial letter which could be the bottom of a B (which it look like ) or an L or E, nothing else on that line The number 1 on the serial is funny looking as at the top it has a leg going off to the left and at the bottom a leg going off to the right. The serial has a N prefix which is on a seperate line.

Have an NO4 MK1 on the way will give you a report as to what I receive.

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