1945 ROF Jungle Carbine butt marking

[kellaro]

Good afternoon! I recently purchased this No. 5 and I familiar with a lot of various enfield markings, but I don't know what the 'D' on the butt stock refers to. Is it a variation of an Australian acceptance mark? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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[Seaspriter]

I have a nearly identical No.5 in similar condition with serial L794 (and matching #s, same production date) but it does not have the 'D' like yours, which might indicate a later stamp after production.

[mr.e moose]

Nice carbine.You might want to set you photo sharing settings to private.Nice house and nice fish.

[kellaro]

Thanks moose. What have you got against fish? I'm not really worried about folks seeing a deck I built or fish I've caught. I'm more interested in what the 'D' stands for

[Thunderbox]

It looks to me that the "D" is two stamps - a standard "L" for a long butt, overstamped with a random mark - probably just a handling dent.

Is the butt a standard length or "Long"?

[kellaro]

Thunderbox, it appears standard when measured against two of my standard length No. 4's

[Simon P]

Its pro ably a random dent or something

[Peter Laidler]

If it was meant to indicate anything that anyone would need to know about, then it'd be in the technical handbook. It's not!

[kellaro]

If it was meant to indicate anything that anyone would need to know about, then it'd be in the technical handbook. It's not!

Good point. Thanks to all who responded.

Rich