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    D6E and D7E inspected 1947 dated BSA rifle

    D6E marked left side in the usual spot, D7E on the right side of the raceway.

    "S" stamped on cutoff block.

    I was getting excited so I convinced the owner to pull the forend off... No barrel witness marks on receiver or barrel.

    Barrel is M47C coded and appears '47 dated... But it has 5 or 6 different enfield inspectors markings and 2 hardness impressions on the bottom of the chamber area.

    I thought D6E and D7E were stationed at H&H ?
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    The possession of D6E conversion markings on unconverted rifles got a good airing a few weeks ago Lee Enfield. There are certainly a few late (the others commented upon have mainly been 1945 receivers) rifle bodies around that were not converted yet bear the markings associated with same. I've forgotten the title of the thread but no doubt someone with a better memory will chip in. I must say 1947 is later than anything else I've heard of. Is it a Y prefix rifle by any chance.....?

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    The 7E mark was stamped on at the BSA factory was it not? I seem to see it on many non-sniper rifles. I also am pretty sure I've seen a D6E on a Lee Enfield completely unrelated to No. 4 T snipers (memory failing but it will come back to me!). Did Mr. Hardwick not take this examiner stamp with him wherever he........examined?

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    AFAIK the E7E was applied to all run of production BSA made rifles & I presume the examiner was on site at the BSA Shirley factory.

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    I've made arrangement to purchase the rifle.

    Iirc its a P prefix rifle. I should have pics in the next few days.

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