On occasion I have seen L1A1 parts (magazines and a couple of barrels come to mind) with a daub of yellow paint on one edge, like it was purposely applied with a brush.

Did that yellow paint mark have any meaning in service? One of the barrels in question (part of a complete barrel assembly from a chopped rifle) also had a paper hang tag attached to it reading "defective", with no further information.
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