NOS No1 forend identification?

[Bindi2]

It looks used to me. .ifferent colour in the bands and bayonet boss area. A piece missing between well and main screw. Looks like a bearing polish at the draws closet to the camera.

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[Roger Payne]

Respectfully beg to differ with Surpmil on this one, & hold to what I wrote in post #2. I have about ten identical under my lathe in the garage.........just like the one shown. Mine came out of Charnwood when they packed up, although I cherry-picked but a few, & Terry Abrams ended up with most of them, along with the 1950's South African SMLE barrels & a shed-load of other spares.

[Surpmil]

I'm happy to defer to your greater knowledge of the type! Seconds or just a "low point" in production?

[Roger Payne]

Rob, I just suspect that by the time it was made the standards were ok, but not as they were during WW1. As a consequence the product is perfectly functional, & adequately well made, but doesn't cause a sharp intake of breath in admiration of the finish as once it did.

[Garandy]

Thanks for the confirmation. Now to start a thread on the rear handguards that showed up in the mail today.......