New member, First time gun owner

[DmsdyMachn]

Hello. Like the title says, I'm a first time gun owner, and it happens to be a .303 Lee Enfield. I signed up here because the amount of knowledge on this site just astounds me, and from what I could see while lurking, you all seem to be really good guys.

Anyways, about my gun. All I know as far as history on it is it was my grandpa's, and he died somewhat recently. No colorful "stormed the beaches taking out the enemy scourge," or even "sorry, your princess is in another castle" stories behind this old girl.

I was hoping to get some help identifying it, however. Digging through the site here, I did find this post-- Enfield identification as being closest to what I have. So I know it's a sporterised gun, and possibly (probably?) a Mk. III, but I've been having trouble with some of the markings. I looked on some of the listed sites, but have just been getting flustered. Where people are seeing "England" or "Enfield" marked on their guns, I'm seeing nothing like that on mine. So thought I'd seek some assistance from the pros. I also have lots of pics, of which I'll share some.




(The cat is interested in everything I do, no exception here)












(This is the only place I've found that the numbers on it don't match so far.....relevant?)

I appreciate any help you guys can give me with this. And if I've made a bunch of newbie mistakes with the post, please let me know so I can remedy them. Thanks again!

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