jimmy9fingers1 Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 Hi all, Does anyone know what these markings mean on my smle? V61 I believe, guessing it's post Wars, any info would be much appreciated, thanks, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 A real 'Arabic' number! You have number 1908...!!! 22 minutes ago, jimmy9fingers1 said: Hi all, Does anyone know what these markings mean on my smle? V61 I believe, guessing it's post Wars, any info would be much appreciated, thanks, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy9fingers1 Posted 3 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2020 Thanks, is it likely it was out in the Middle East then? or just added at a later date. No other unusual markings on it to be fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 1 hour ago, jimmy9fingers1 said: Thanks, is it likely it was out in the Middle East then? or just added at a later date. No other unusual markings on it to be fair Yes, could be Jordan or Iraq, both countries used these, but I think the Iraqi ones had marked receivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShtLE303 Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 Iraqi SMLEs will usually have a 'Jeem' marking on receiver/knocksform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy9fingers1 Posted 3 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2020 Thanks, but couldn't see anything like that, is it possible the disc came from a WW2 example as the chap who sold me it many years ago mainly had mainly WW2 gear, obviously Britain was out in the middle east, no re-issue marks on the rifle though I don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 3 hours ago, ShtLE303 said: Iraqi SMLEs will usually have a 'Jeem' marking on receiver/knocksform. Here is the disc on one of my Iraqi ShtLEs and the ownership mark. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy9fingers1 Posted 16 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2020 Nice markings, no foreign ownership markings on my example either though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 16 December , 2020 Share Posted 16 December , 2020 I wonder if it was placed there to (slightly) increase its value? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy9fingers1 Posted 17 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 17 December , 2020 Trajan maybe you are right, after a little research I notice a lot of SMLE'S at militaria dealers (particuclarly de-acts) have a stock disc which is more than likely a later addition and doesn't necessarily correlate with other markings on the gun, this would make sense. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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