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Each arsenal left their own distinct marking on the weapons they manufactured:
- Enfield - Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield, United Kingdom
- Sparkbrook - Royal Small Arms Factory at Sparkbrook, United Kingdom
- BSA, BSA Co., B, or M47C - Birmingham Small Arms Company, United Kingdom. The "B" and "M47C" markings were on No. 4 rifles, with the "M47C" markings indicating they were made at the Shirley facility.
- LSA Co. - London Small Arms Company, United Kingdom
- Lithgow - Lithgow Small Arms Factory, Australia
- GRI - Ishapore Small Arms Factory, pre-independence India
- G - Ishapore Small Arms Factory, post independence India
- ROF (F) - Royal Ordinance Factory Farlakerzey, United Kingdom (No. 4 rifles)
- ROF (M) - Royal Ordinance Factory Maltby, United Kingdom (No. 4 rifles)
- Longbranch - Longbranch Arsenal, Canada (No. 4 rifles)
- US PROPERTY, US PROPERTY [S] - Savage Arms, United States of America. They were made for the Lend-Lease Programme (No. 4 rifles)
- POF - Pakistan Ordinance Factories, Pakistan (No. 4 rifles)
No. 3 rifles will have the rear sight ahead of the chamber, close to the centre of the rifle, while No. 4 rifles will have the rear sight behind the action, at the rear of the receiver. Additionally, No. 4 rifles adopted a simplified spike bayonet in place of the sword bayonet used on earlier No. 3 rifles. No. 4 rifles will also have a manufacture date of 1939 or later, whereas the No. 3 rifles were manufactured from 1907, with production at most facilities ceasing in 1945, although India manufactured them until 1960, and later produced the 2A and 2A1 rifles, which were essentially SMLE No. 3 rifles, chambered ijn 7.62x51 NATO, from 1963 to 1975.
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