mystery - No. 4 Mk. I

[Roger Payne]

I think Peter is best likely to know the answer to that. I often wondered the same, but I think it's there from the outset, even before H&H took exclusively BSA made rifles. Also, it does not run forward right to the receiver ring - it stops just a short way in front. I suppose there could have been plans to set the pads a little further back & BSA could have tried to anticipate this (PL has mentioned that there was certainly an allowance for this, but I think that was just so that the screws for the rear pad did not compromise the hardening around the recess for the locking lug, & it was only a tiny amount anyway; I think he's mentioned 'the width of a hacksaw blade', IIRC!).

Just had a look in the rifle rack & it's present on both my 41 BSA T's. I note it's also on Savage rifles, at least, early ones. It might be on them all, but I only own three Savage rifles & they're all 41 or 42 mfr. They all have it.

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[tlvaughn]

I note it's also on Savage rifles, at least, early ones. It might be on them all, but I only own three Savage rifles & they're all 41 or 42 mfr. They all have it.

I have several examples of Savage rifles from each year of production dating from early 1941 to late 1944 and they all have the larger flat panel.

While looking at the receiver wall of all my Enfields I came across one that you may find interesting:

1942 ROFM
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