Experts opinions would be greatly appreciated. #4 Mk.1 (T) find.

[Peter Laidler]

No secrets there at all. It's just a well worn used No4T from the RScts who were based at Tidworth at the time that at one time has had the telescope and bracket replaced from a Mk1 to a Mk3 removed from rifle 38207. You will see from the two route labels that it has gone into a Field (that'll be 3 Inf workshop at Weyhill) or, as I suspect, Base workshop (that'll be 43 Command at Aldershot) as a CES and been separated in that the tele has been diverted to the Instrument shop. Both been overhauled and meet up again at the Armourers shop and then returned to the unit.

Very early rifle from Maltby and early conversion by H&H who really were only just getting into their stride and hadn't production-lined their factory yet. It was H&H who found it impossible to convert rifles piecemeal from different factories who called time on the practice and told the MoS that in order to up production they needed a standar rifle from ONE factory. BSA it was!

To be honest, this is just a good example of how 99% of all the No4T's were in service. It's quite possible that the fore-end was changed at the Field or Base workshop at the time it went to the workshop as fitting a fore-end was a field workshop repair

Incidentally, the AFG 1028 Issue voucher dated 1965 (I was still an apprentice then.....) was the ISSUE from Ordnance paperwork. It would be entered in the QM's ledger and then the original part of that (see that it's a carbon copy...) or another form, an AFG 1033 would be sent back to Ord as the receipt. There will be (?) a small tin 'envelope' at the end of the chest with the destination/documentation labels would be inserted.