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    Quote Originally Posted by Brit plumber View Post
    As Peter has said there are a lot of errors but here are a few facts for you.

    Enfield made the Mk1, Mk1 (ptn a or M) and Mk3.
    Inglis made the Mk1, Mk1m & 2 in .303 and the 7.92mm Mk1 (which was a Mk2 303 style Bren body)
    Lithgowicon made the Mk1, 2 styles of Mk1 (ptn a or M)

    All 3 manufacturers made intermediate guns (these are guns on the production line when the Mk1 became the Mk1m) and all Mks will fit the Mk1, Mk1*, Mk2 or Mk2* tripod.

    All Mk1 guns use a drum sight not a ladder sight.

    There's a few things to get you started.
    Let's add to the confusion of Manufacturers...

    the WW2 Diamler/Monotype MkII guns, and post WW2, BRNO, Canadianicon Arsenals Limited & SAF Kanpur MkIII, IA, IB & IC "L4" pattern guns....

    Are Daimler & Monotype technically the same, or different assembler, manufacturer?
    Last edited by Lee Enfield; 03-31-2017 at 04:38 PM.
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