My enfield no4 1941 Maltby. what's is story?

[Alan de Enfield]

I was offered all of the SKN actions, but didn't want them. I gather the police got involved eventually as some of the local kids were found running about with them...! By coincidence they ended up stored with a friend who was a dealer in the gun quarter in Brum. I cleaned up a few for him so that they were fit to sell on,

Those appear to have ended up at 'Scott Arms' auctions at Newark, being sold in dribs and drabs over the years. I bought one of the first ones to appear at the princely sum of £23 (+ fees) as the months / years went by they were making around £123 (+ fees).
All seemed to have parts missing - mine was just missing a trigger guard, some have had had bolts missing.

Mine even had the 'same blob of paint' on the butt.
Some of them had 'blue' and some of them had 'yellow' - No idea is there was any significance.

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