Quote Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield View Post
Nope - just makes it a No1 Mk3* instead of a No1Mk3
This was a wartime "saving" to make production easier and faster. A Mk3 is worth a few pennies more than a Mk3* but so what - its a 'family piece' not an investment.
I looks to me like a MKIII that has had its magazine cutoff removed (you can just see the slot where it went) - a common conversion.