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Originally Posted by Absalom
If we're talking about the second gun in post #330, it also has the "crown/30" Canadian acceptance mark on the butt.
Since transfer to Canadian service usually happened after acceptance at Enfield and British service, the gun may not have opposing broad arrows; the Canadians didn't usually stamp them when they were surplused.
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Thats the exact kind of info I was interested in - thanks so much! I have a lot of family in Canada so that's a neat connection for sure.