Extra marks on LB Enfield receiver/Sten receivers.

[stencollector]

I was just looking at an ad on gunnutz for a 1943 LB #4mk1* over on gunnutz. Below the serial number is stamped E25. I have observed other rifles with similar markings on them in this area, but certainly not all rifles.

I find a similar marking on ex-Cdn service stens, but it is only on receivers which have been refinished to the light gray colour. It doesn't matter if the Stens were Brit or Cdn origin, but if they are gray, they have this style of number. Usually it is on the magwell, but occasionally on the trigger housing or on the barrel as well. It is always a single letter followed by one, two or three digits. If the number has 3 digits, I have yet to see one above the low 1XX range.

So were these a batch number or an inspector number for guns that were arsenal refinished by CAL here in Canada? Does the LB rifle look refinished to you guys? I'll post a some photos of some of the refinished stens that exhibit this mark.

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[Claven2]

IMHO that LB is refinished. Note that there is an electro-pencilled number, looks like 1495, above the serial number. If it were not refinished, that EP number would be in the white.

[Warren]

Check the wrist of some of the later made No.4 butt stocks...also there. I suspect an inspectors number....