Was it a chocolate one?

It was nearly as heavy as a Yorkie right enuff!

I would love to know for sure.
As teenager my old ACF instructors both ex-scots guards, described it as a tripod mounting ring for an instructors
aim training aid !

Does anyone have the pamphlet?

Paul

Paul

Nearly missed this. Looks really good Gells and looking forward to seeing it finished. That rifle

Very interesting figure, and great start. Uniform camouflage is great and wood on the riffle is amazing . Happy painting on this one

Cheers Borek

Great stuff. Interesting use of watercolour pencils, not a medium I would have thought of (no comments please). Must try that out, do you recommend any brand or colour selection?

I found this on an Enfield shooters forum, it sounds reasonable and it goes with what I remember from my cadet days with the .303. The loop was part of the trigger guard mechanism so maybe it just wasn't changed as the different marks evolved. I checked pams and it just comes up under trigger guard.

The loop was first used to secure the magazine by a a link/chain from the MLM Mk1 up to and including the Mk1 SMLE, the loop was reintroduced with the changes to the future manufacture of the MkIII & the introduction of the MkIII* in 1916, & was used to secure the action cover.

Scotty.