Originally Posted by
Four Fingers of Death
Sorry, I misunderstood you. It sounds like you are saying the 03A3 has a mag cut off as did a lot of the early SMLEs. It was a great idea apparently, having troops firing single shot volleys under direction and when the Hun was at your door step, you switched over to mag feed and it was full. Unfortunately many Tommies were found dead with the mag cutoff still engaged and a full mag, because when the brown stuff hit the fan, they had panicked and forgotten to slide the cutoff aside. They were quickly removed. I have a SMLE and a P14 with these intact, along with volley sights, for and aft.