I would just comment that the so called non-irish contract actual was a contract......Er............somthing like that.
In any case they did buy 50,000 No 4 MK 2 rifles, if you do a search on this forum you will fnd the details, they have been posted with the full serial number ranges and the debate over what is and what could not be an Irish contract rifle.
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Couple new No 4 Mk 2's