What SMLE would Canada have used?

[5THBATT]

production and, when the approved modifications were adopted on 2nd January, 1916, the rifle became the SHORT MAGAZINE LEE-ENFIELD, MARK III*. The modifications were: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Omission of long range dial and aperture sight. Lug on striker collar omitted. Swivel lugs on trigger-guard replaced by wire loop. Wind-gauge on backsight replaced by a fixed cap. Body not slotted and drilled for the cut-off, which was omitted. Later—butt marking discs were omitted.

Not quite, the MkIII did not become the MkIII*, from 1916 on there were two models, the MkIII & the MkIII*, the LoC of 1916 is in two parts, Part 1 lists the changes to the future manufacture of the MkIII where the Volley sights etc were to be omitted from production, Part 2 introduces the MkIII* which is the model without the cutoff slot but as it is basically the same as a MkIII the modifications made to the MkIII listed in part 1 also apply to the MkIII*
As Flying Pig pointed out the * only applies to the cutoff slot (or lack of)

 

[teenahlake]

mine was a cp from reynolds, could you point out the origin of your page

 

[flying pig]

Skennerton I think.

 

[5THBATT]

Copied from Skennertons book but it is a copy of the List of Changes (LoC) so not just an interpretation