I will speak to the man again later today.

When the Mk1 butt is fitted up with its buffered butt plate it is the same length as the Mk2 butt according to the EMER. BUT......., there's always a but if you'll excuse the pun. The Mk2 butt plate over-hang makes the Mk2 butt slightly longer. There were a couple of series workshop modifications that swiftly got rid of this troublesome Mk2 butt type overhang. It was a real PITA for Armourers in Germanyicon where the Mk2 gun formed the backbone of BAOR.

Anyone want to know what they were