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Not to comment on the originality of the rifle nor it's markings, but:

ZA- 1234x is in fact a Zimbabwe military property marking/serial number - just like RA-1234x was a Rhodesian military...

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here is what Cantoms rifle looked like when it was sold by Reese Surplus a few years ago.

I notice it had a somewhat different cheek piece, and a different...

Milsurps Knowledge Library - 1991 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Manuals (Complete Set))

it's right at the end of the instruction, just before the instructions on turning the rifle into DP status.

(EMER) CFTO C-71-111-000/MM-00 dated 1991-6-28 has zeroing instructions for the "C No32 TP" telescope, and the "No 32 Mk 1" telescope.

No, the lowest serial I have actually observed is 74L0000 and the highest is 74L0340 (held in my hot little hands...)
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I wonder if the hand-stamped serial number on your rings is not the original, as the engraved serial is in a "non-standard" (high) position on the plate. Usually the serial is more or less centred in...

No, the serial numbers I have collected indicate the full 350 rifles being assembled.

Low of 74L0000
High of 74L0340

They are standard Lyman Alaskan caps.

When I found out that we had lost Pete Bloom (who I also never met) I printed off most of my email correspondence with him...now mostly lost in the paperwork...

Hello Colin,
welcome to the wonderful & frustrating family of the TP.

After some more research you will discover that most of the "matching" TP's are repro bases mounted onto renumbered actions...