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Scroll down to no. 1009 Bren Mk1

This ones a little baffaling to me, its a 7.92 on a Mk2 body as normal, Chinese script to the right side but has a Serial number of 5T8979 which is a Mk1, I would also expect it to have a CH serial number. The 1944 date has been 'X' through and there are 1943 dates elsewhere, one odd marking is 1943 Mk1m crudely stamped.

My opinion is that its a 1944 7.92mm re-numbred to a registered firearm in .303 and some one has marked '1943 Mk1m ' to make it match a registration form (I've no idea how any registers or forms work in the US). I bet the original and correct serial number would have been a CH serial, or the 1-7813 found on the barrel.
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