Over at a mate's place recently and he uncased a nifty little carbine.

NOT a Lee Enfield, but a Swedishicon M-94 Mauser.

The cute part was the nose-cap. It extended back under the fore-end about six inches and was adorned with a round bayonet boss below the barrel and a suitability located sword bar.

Could this have been the "inspiration" for that very distinctive feature of the SMLE series?

I did not have a camera with me that day, so I swiped the attached (hopefully) image from somewhere on the web.
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