Original British WWII Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk1 Sniper Rifle No.32 Telescopic Sight Case - Case Only MILITARIA The breech of the weapon

The breech of the weapon is closed by 11 starting threads on a tapered screw

heat stamp 271C indicating production in September of 1942

The wood butt stock bears the ghost of it's Government inspector's Cartouche in an oval just behind the side plate

when a proposal by Colonel Le Mesurier was accepted and the 2

Original British WWII Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk1 Sniper Rifle No.32 Telescopic Sight Case - Case Only MILITARIA The breech of the weaponOriginal Item: Only One Available. During both World Wars and the Korean War, a number of LeeEnfield rifles were modified for use as sniper rifles. The Australian Army modified 1,612 Lithgow SMLE No. 1 Mk. III* rifles by adding a heavy target barrel, cheek piece, and a World War I era Pattern 1918 telescope, creating the SMLE No. 1 Mk. III* (HT). (HT standing for "heavy barrel, telescopic sight), which saw service in the Second World War, Korea, and