Quote Originally Posted by Merlin266 View Post
One thing I did notice was the lack off the spacer the sits under the forward trigger guard, I only have a lock washer beneath it.
Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
It is VERY important that you DO have the spacer under the front trigger guard screw. This ensures that.........
From my experience collecting Lee Enfields, over 1/3 of them had either the spacer or the lock washer missing under the front trigger guard screw. For this reason I have extras of these because I've learned to expect their absence. On one really nice No.5, someone obviously shot it numerous times without the spacer, causing severe wear around the wood, requiring a rebuild of the elliptical hole that resulted.