303 Martini rifles & carbines is essential for your own records (insurance, registers, &c.) however the numbers stamped on the butt or even on action bodies are rarely the firearm's serial number. Recording of serial numbers for Enfield muskets. stamped on magazine cases only on Indian issue rifles. For the SMLE, we usually find serial nos. This also applied, to a certain degree, to No.4 and No.5 rifles, particularly to the fore-end and later extended to the magazine case as well. was done at Base Ordnance Depots and by armourers to keep together components original to particular rifles during maintenenace and repair. stamped on the nosecap boss, fore-end, underside of the rearsight leaf, &c. because the serial number was stamped later in production and stamped on the body and breech bolt too. On MLM, MLE and earlier SMLE rifles, the batch letter will be noted sometimes above or below the serial no. in Aussie service '3.M.D.' (3rd Military District) '10381' (the Military District or unit rack no.) On some rifles, particularly the SMLE, these unit or rack issue numbers were stamped on the top of the action body as well, e.g.
were not recorded, rather that rack numbers were assigned and stamped on the butt or butt-plate tang.
This is a reason that upon unit issue, serial nos. It is interesting that different rifle and carbine Marks recommenced with the no letter and A-Z series with each new model, so it is possible to find carbines/rifles of different Mark designations with the same serial number.
These commenced with no letter, then progressed A thru' Z, often nominated for different contractors, RSAF Enfield, RSAF Sparkbrook, BSA Co., LSA Co., and the peddled scheme during WW1. Earlier SMLE and previous MLM & MLE rifles & carbines initially had the action body batches allocated a letter, before the serial numbers were stamped (to 9999 in each series).
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