Enfield L1A1 on a Lithgow cut receiver??

[desperatedan]

The more I look, the more interesting this one gets mate!

There's also a UE80 on the Mag well, it's in exactly the same place as a few of mine (a UE62 UE63).

As far as I know Enfield made a final top up batch of rifles in 1966.

Though Lithgow supplied several batches of Rifles to the Mod, these were complete, serial numbered batches, less furniture.

5 in 1971 followed by small batches in 1973 again in 1975.

Interestingly, AD8000616 to AD8000621 are listed as being supplied to the UK in 1980.

I wonder if this is one of the 5? Perhaps the Lithgow serial was removed on the right?

I initially thought it was a lash up, now I'm beginning to wonder, where's the resident L1 guru Kev?

Love to know what he makes of it.....

John,

If it's a Lithgow made/supplied receiver I don't think it's a simple case of removal of the "AD" serial on the RHS and an Enfield "UE" one being added on the LHS in the usual place. If you look at the rest of the nomenclature "RIFLE 7.62..." it has millimetres expressed as "m/m" rather than "mm".

IIRC Lithgow (and BSA) used plain "7.62mm" ( without a / ) but Enfield marked theirs as "7.62m/m" so the entirety of those markings appear to have been Enfield applied.