My First Lee Enfield....

[muffett.2008]

Pretty much the norm for Range rifles, ww1 actions were much preferred due to tighter tolerances, the earlier the better.
The opposed arrows S stands for sold out of service, the R MA 3/46 means it was refurbished by the Small Arms Factory or one of it's Satelites in March 1946.
This was the normal refurb period post war, trying to keep servicemen employed and skills maintained as the country and industry recovered post war.
A large proportion of the firearms forcibly recalled in the early years of WW2 were all target rifles, not all were returned to their owners, but what were returned were completely rebuilt to the standard they were when resumed, those rifles that were lost in the system were replaced by 1942-44 receivers made up in heavy barrel configuration and new timber, not as good as the original, but better than nothing at all.
Imagine a kind hearted government giving back firearms now.

3MD is Victoria, Slazenger were the timber manufacturers.

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