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    Posted: May 13 2023 at 4:32am
Not to embarrass anyone but I was perusing an old post about identifying the history of a No. 4 rifle and someone posted that it wasn't issued to any British unit because it had no royal cypher.  The royal cypher had been dispensed with by 1936 except for a few No.1 rifles that BSA continued to build until mid WWII and wouldn't be seen on any production No.4's.  
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Yes.
I always regard it as a SMLE thing.
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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