weird Indian Lee Enfield 2A

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Posted this in the Milsurps.com forum, sorry if it's a "repeat" story for some of you! :redface:

Seems I never run short of strange questions.

What happened to this Indian 2A? Here are some pics sent to me be the owner of this 2A (or would it be a 2A1?). Why would its markings have been erased? And the star on the barrel knox (damage to chamber?)

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Lou
 
the star means cord worn near muzzle one can only guess why someone would grind off the sn and butt markings
 
Hey Lou I have a No 4 Longbranch that has had all its barrel markings ground out and a few grinds on its reciever. It also has a five pointed star on its barrel and two of them on its bolt head. I was told an asterisk like in your pic means rust or pitting in the barrel or chamber. No one has given a reason on the grinding or five pointed stars.
 
Looks almost as if a .303 has been converted to a .308.

By actual test, there is no difference between the steel, heat treat, of a .303 SMLE and a 7.62 SMLE. Anything along those lines is sales puff.

Arsenal marks could be removed for a variety of reasons: concealment of numbers made, hiding the source, concealment of manufactuing date, things such as that. If you are supplying "old" weapons to people who are shooting at your next-door neighbours, it just won't do to have this month's manufacturing date on them!

Further to that, when I was at the Pattern Room at Enfield, I asked to use a good AKM (they being utterly unavailable here at that time). The one they showed me came from a rack with close to 50 rifles on it, all still in grease, all brought from Northern Ireland. The rifle I was handed was made in Russia, 5 months previous to my visit to Enfield!!! The Yanks did it smarter when they wanted Klacks for Afghanistan: had them made in Egypt on Soviet equipment....... with Russian markings!

This is a new one on me, Lou. Hope you get it straightened out.

Anything on the left side of the butt-socket?
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