No.1 MkIII - 1953 FTR query

[Kiwi]

Would a No.1 MkIII that was FTR'd in 1953 have been retained as a MkIII and not upgraded (if that's the correct term?) to a MkIII*?

I have recently purchased a 1940 BSA&Co ShtLe III that sports a beech wood buttstock, and no.4 buttplate, and rear sling swivel and a beech wood fore-end (cut down unfortunately). The fore-end has a low cut side by the reciever to accomodate a magazine cut off which seems odd to me as I wouldn't have thought that in 1953 they would have fitted a MkIII* fore-end to cover up the mag cut off and put a star (*) after the III.

I hope to restock the rifle in the future but don't know if I should be fitting a beech MkIII* fore-end or a MkIII fore-end.

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