Range bag curiosities

[mrclark303]

Morning all,

Like many of of us I have a range bag that's rammed full of the "I wouldn't want to be without a kitchen sink at the range" parts we gradually build up over the decades...

Among the obligatory spare magazines for everything I pulled out my spare No4 mag and remembered it it was one of the War time expedite SMLE mags, converted for No4 use, with half the spine machined away.

Apparently 100,000 of these were so converted in 1941 as the lack of the new No4 magazines was threatening to hamper the new rifles production.

All in all another interesting collectable in its own right and possibly one of the rarest.303 service magazines to encounter...

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