Just first, disclaimer. SMLE novice here, but six decades plus rifle collector. Seems to me a #4 the sort of thing a really nifty, interesting .308 Win/7.62 conversion. The 'but for', rubber meeting road reality. Bolt head modif, barrel change, feeding & magazine problems... galore. Am I wrong? One matter to manufacture 10K to 100K in production facility & govt deep pockets backing. Quite another matter one/few-off conversions.
There seem clearly sufficient 'donor rifles', non-collectible specimen pool. The, "but for..." as above!
Just my questioning take.
Best!
John
It is a bit hard to decipher your point here, or what the question is. FWIW though the OP's rifle is not a No 4, but built on an Ishapore No 2A1. These were made in 7.62 to start with, not a conversion. The Indians made and used a couple of hundred thousand of them.
