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that entire list has eluded me so far - i did have a charnwood conversion no 4 once upon a time tho , 
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i have been quite lucky I guess. in my small collection I have :
2x No8's, 
Lithgow No2MkIV* .22
No4 Mk1/2
No4Mk1
L39A1
No1MkIII* (1929)
SMLE MkIII* .22 (1918)

I doubt I'll ever get a No4Mk1T or L42A1 as they are out of my price range. But I'm very happy with what I currently have and enjoy shooting all of them. Will be dusting off the L39 this weekend; it's been a while since it saw daylight!
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Regarding the steel butt plate. I have found a reference in Skennerton's "The Lee Enfield".
On page 177 he states that "Bantam" butts were approved in 1918. Some of these were fitted with cast iron/steel butt plates with gunmetal traps; made by Linely & Co under the peddled scheme.

I assume his reference to gunmetal is what I thought was brass. However an internet search shows it is an alloy of copper, tin and zinc. Known as Red Brass in USA apparently.

So looks like it's original to the rifle. I'll have to measure the butt length now.
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