sMLE No1Mk3 with no star, post-WW1 production?

[Eaglelord17]

As I recall, after W.W. I, the Brits went back to having the mag cut off for the same reason it was there before the '*'. The senior officers did not trust their men to not waste ammo.

Post 1909 the purpose of the magazine cutoff was actually due to how the British would train their soldiers. They would use the magazine cut-off for unloading and reloading, allowing soldiers to have a full magazine in the rifle well still being able to verify the rifle was safe and empty. Nothing to do with single loading by that point.