The Second Boer War (1899-1902) was a rude awakening for the British Army.
The British Mark I Short Magazine Lee-Enfield was the first of it’s breed, a compromise between a short cavalry carbine and long infantry rifle. It must be admitted that the flow of K98 development was not quite as tidy as presented here, but the gist of the timeline is correct. The “a” first appeared circa 1902 evolving into the “assault” Karabiner 1898 AZ which, in turn, transmogrified into the Karabiner b, and thence to the famed K98k of World War II. Model 1903 Springfield and a shortened version of the German Gewehr 98, the Karabiner a, which is still basically a cavalry arm. Early incarnations of such a rifle were the U.S. It gradually dawned on the authorities that, particularly with smokeless powder arms, some sort of compromise could be achieved wherein a rifle could be devised that would suit practically all purposes. Additionally, often there were other specialized arms for such entities as artillery and engineers. One of the most common was the adoption of a particular system in both infantry long-rifle form and in cavalry carbine length. I would imagine your chances of actually finding a unit marked rifle to a specific unit are very slim indeed.When repeating military arms began taking hold with the militaries of the world, unsurprisingly many of the earlier conventions were maintained. I have one Australian unit marked enfield and several with numbers only (which I assumed were rack numbers) I'll post a few pictures if I can get to them. Somtimes these discs were removed and the gap plugged with a wooden disc. This is a small brass disc with a screw through the middle. I am not sure what you mean by "Butt Cap" (brass buttplate?) - if so I have not seen unit markings there but there are sometimes Brass discs inserted into the side of the butt-stock upon which unit marks are sometimes stamped.
The most comprehensive reference for stampings and marking etc I know of is Skennerton's "The Lee Enfield Story" both of these have information on unit marks I thoroughly reccomend Skip Strattons information (he has authored three very useful guides on the No1, No4 and Pattern 14/M1917.) There is much material and several links to other sites. The webmaster states the this comprehensive was created for collectors, shooters, and fans of the Enfield rifle, a rifle which in its various forms has seen duty for over 150 years as a main battle rifle, a home guard and constabulary weapon, a competition target rifle, and a game hunting rifle on five continents.
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The site is ordganized under the following: Part One - General History, Part Two - Technical Information, Part Three - Rifle Pages, Part Four - Sub-Caliber Training Rifles, Part Five - Sporterized and Commercially Made Enfields, Bayonets, Links Page, Basic Enfield Identification and the Facts about Serial Numbers, Parker’s Rifle Shot’s Register. This site was created to provide basic information on the many variations of the Lee-Enfield rifle, with particular emphasis placed on pictorial references.
Here are two websites which might provide some additional leads and should put you into contact with some experts on the subject.
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