Unissued (?) Ross Mk. III 1915

[Jarrettgs]

Hello, new to Ross rifles, picked this up at a gun store liquidation auction in a one stoplight town in Indiana. I've never seen one like this, and I wanted to ask some questions.

The bolt retains almost all of it's case coloring on the top and bottom.
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A shot of the rifle, prior to picking it up.
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No others markings, and zero sanding - looks like it was stamped yesterday.
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This is really interesting to me, there is a tag here with '888' on it, and under the wrist of the stock there is a number '618' underneath an 'L' and three small cartouches butting up against the rear of the trigger guard. Any idea on these items???
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Many thanks!

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