What type of No 4 sniper do I have?

[Roger Payne]

The short answer Ron, is that I don't know. I don't think any of us know for sure what really came to pass, hence the considerable amount of speculation. Surpmil has analysed the figures & this does seem to suggest that scope production, at least earlier on, outstripped rifle conversion. However, from direct observation, most early rifles that were converted were fitted with early production scopes.......& later rifles with later scopes........just as you would logically expect. An odd situation, & not one which I can pretend to fully explain myself. Sorry I'm not more help.

Your observations re your own rifle sound pretty typical.