One item to check might give some clarity on where your gun's receiver started life (on the Bren gun evolution scale). See if the inside walls of the mag well are pierced by actual mag lip support shelfs - which are on an original A4 part of the disc that is riveted to the side walls of the receiver. I am guessing that it started out as a true Mk3 and there are no mag lip supports piercing the receiver body to hold up the front mag lips. Also notice that that the model notation stamping is shallower that the adjacent A4 notations - a result of blasting and refinishing in the rebuild process - hinting that it really was a Mk3 gun body before an A4 parts kit was used to complete the conversion from .303 to .308. If an original the I'd expect degradation to all markings and not just the model inscription. I also think the Enfield D and 1945 are original markings to the receiver - normal demils tend to not destroy these areas of the receiver, but the serial number location on the rear upper flat is usually heavily damaged by the torch cutting. The serial as marked is in the format but as previously noted.. the time period it indicates is not right. Also... finding a barrel with the exact same notation (font and size) would be very interesting and from my observations a bit unexpected. Also.. the barrel is devoid of the small stampings generally found on UKicon contract production... various proofs and inspection stamps.. also steel lot numbers.

Just a few observations that might shed some more light on you gun's history. Did any stampings on the outside left flat under the barrel nut survive? There is usually a two digit date stamped there.


Best wishes for your guns complete recovery!

WGH
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