Lee Enfield No4 Mk1 Sling Question

[Flying10uk]

As Armourers we also had a 'range box'. That was usually a Bren mag box with the partition plate pulled out and our tools and a few spare parts would fit into that.

Was the Bren mag box normally fitted with a hasp and padlock when it was used as a "range box"? The reason that I ask is that I picked up one a couple of years ago that had been "modified" in this way, by fitting of a lock hasp, which I then un-modified and returned to original spec. I couldn't work out why the end handle was also removed but, fortunately I had a spare handle, so I replaced it. Luckily the mag devision strips/plates had not been removed.