Quote Originally Posted by laverdabru View Post
Laverdabru: yup, the sniper version of the Lee-Enfield No4 (the No4(T)) was converted to 7.62 and stayed in service until the early 1990s as the L42A1,
Ta for that. Didn't realise the service life was that long.
Off topic - sort of - I'm sure as a youngster in the late '60's/early '70's I saw Lee Enfields converted to shotguns advertised in the Exchange & Mart.[/QUOTE]

They were, either smoothbored .303” or bored further out to .410”.

Removed from S2 to S1 in the post-Hungerford law changes in 1988 or so, because of mag size. I think most were then deactivated, but a few survive either at S1 unchanged or with blocked/welded mags at S2.