Something seen recently at a friend's place:

Looks like a basic ME carbine, but is VERY unlikely to be made in Englandicon.

The timber is anything but walnut and is not a good fit,

There is a brass butt-plate that resembles a SMLE item, but minus the trap.

Bore looks clean, left-hand twist, but it seems to have seven lands, Metford-style, rather than five.

The cocking indicator is definitely "after-market"!

The steel butt disc is slightly oddly placed and bears the markings, "VVI"? and another symbol like a stylized "T".

The Knox form bears a large "B" on the rear top flat, but there is a completely alien (to me); (Pashtun? Farsi?)...) script just forward of that

The breech block is a rather loose fit in the body.

It chambers and ejects a standard .303 drill / dummy just fine.

Neither the owner nor I are keen to touch off Mk7 ball in it, however.

Pix to follow soon.
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