Red stripe on BSA MkI butt stock?

[Lee Enfield]

[QUOTE=Brit plumber;172095]This is a ex indian Mk3 being sold in the USA

Looks like a MkI gas cylinder...

[Peter Laidler]

The first 1500 or so Mk3's came fitted with Mk1 gas cylinders.

[ZGB]

That is interesting to know about the early MK3's iam going to check my MK3 gun it is in the early 1,100 range to see if it has the MK1 gas cylinder it was reworked in india prior to coming onto the surplus market.Was the MK1 cylinder used to help save crucial weight on the gun given the proplems with carbon fouling was it deemed more important to save weight than anything else.

[Brit plumber]

And the first 8200 or so are marked MkIII not Mk3 which was from Aug 44.