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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    So much for it being done locally for control purposes. Now we know...
    I'd suggest that a small proportion of the rifles that are still in circulation have thier original magazine in them. Hence, the varying evidence of numbered mags not matching rifles and unnumbered mags.

    A new mag with the fiddling to get the lips right matches it to the rifle. These components were not all that soldier-proof, hence did get replaced.

    Like all matters Lee Enfield: "Never say never, or always..."
    Trying to save Service history, one rifle at a time...

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