Editing Lee–Enfield (section)

===Civilian conversions and variants===
From the late 1940s, legislation in New South Wales, Australia, heavily restricted .303 British calibre (and other "military calibre") rifles,{{sfn|Enright|1998}} so large numbers of SMLEs were converted to "wildcat" calibres such as [[.303/25]], [[.303/22]], .303/270 and the popular [[7.7×54mm]] round.{{sfn|Skennerton|2007|p=351}} 303/25 calibre sporterised SMLEs are very common in Australia today, although ammunition for them has been very scarce since the 1980s.{{sfn|Enright|1998}} The restrictions placed on "military calibre" rifles in New South Wales were lifted in 1975, and many people who had converted their Lee–Enfields to the "wildcat" rounds converted their rifles back to .303 British.{{sfn|Enright|1998}} Post-Second World War, SAF Lithgow converted a number of SMLE rifles to commercial sporting rifles- notably the .22 Hornet model- under the "Slazenger" brand.{{sfn|Skennerton|2007|p=549}}

In the early 1950s Essential Agencies Ltd. (E.A.L.), of Toronto, Ontario, produced a run of several thousand survival rifles based on the No. 4 action, but lightened and shortened, chambered in .303 British. Serial numbers below 6000 were for civilian sale, serial numbers 6000 and higher were built under contract to the Canadian government. The Royal Canadian Air Force also used these as a survival rifle in the remote parts of Canada.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}