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[Lee Enfield]

All the above info is really great, but is there any evidence that either the Englis factory or the Enfield factory took MKI receivers and machined them to become MK3 receivers? This is what the discussion was about. Thanks for everybody's help and input.

The simple answer is "No, it cannot be done".

You cannot machine a MkI into a Mk3.

India machined MkI receivers into a lightweight variant which they termed the Mk3/I - but which we could more properly call a MkI/3, perhaps this is what has caused your confusion?

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[sundance8]

The simple answer is "No, it cannot be done".

You cannot machine a MkI into a Mk3.

India machined MkI receivers into a lightweight variant which they termed the Mk3/I - but which we could more properly call a MkI/3, perhaps this is what has caused your confusion?

Thanks Lee, that answers the question.

[ActionYobbo]

The simple answer is "No, it cannot be done".

You cannot machine a MkI into a Mk3.

India machined MkI receivers into a lightweight variant which they termed the Mk3/I - but which we could more properly call a MkI/3, perhaps this is what has caused your confusion?

The confusion came directly from me insisting that Mk1’s were converted soley based on me seeing the hole for the Mk1 rear sight in a Mk3 that I got to play with 27 years ago. The hole was visable from the inside of the receiver. This is the only Mk3 I have ever handled and based on my observations I assumed that all Mk3’s were the same.
I currently own a Mk1, a Mk2 and a Mk3/1 and want to add a Mk4/2 and a L4a3 to my collection

Edit to add. On the other forum I asked if anyone could post up a picture the inside of a mk3 body with out the hole for the Mk1 sight and its been a few weeks and still no picture.