This suggests that British frogs were probably used by the naval personel, but the civilian crews of the DAMS etc. I know of no webbing or leather equipment that came with the rifles, unlike the Japanese Arisakas which had leather equipment with them, known as "Pattern J" in British service. Since Canada was in the 4th Battlecruiser Squadron it appears that this was an RN applied stamp. I know of several confirmed examples, all with a low A series serial number, two of which have a large stamped "4B" on the buttt. Some of the rifles went to HMS Canada and others to arm various secondary vessels and Defensively Armed Merchant Ships (DAMS).
One became HMS Canada and the other the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. The 7mm Chilean Mausers were acquired when the Royal Navy took over two Chilean battlecruisers building in the UK at the outbreak of war.
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