Lithgow No1 MkIII* HT Sniper Rifle Survey

[fergs]

I have a N#1 mk111 sniper i purchased off Simon Lawrence in Sydney some years ago for what would seem a pittance now,
here is the info on said rifle.
1.it has twonumbers on the reciever
at the small of the bolt end is D4448
at the breech end B2326
2.Lithgow 1922
3.unknown
4.MA 2/45
5. L
6.Not original was a replacement barrel that i bought later but was an original lithgow manufacture heavy.
7.30420
8.cant see it?
9.1410
10.cant see any
11.low
12.not modified
13.no
14.no
15. yes
16.has early windage sights fitted, and i had the scope re built in canberra by a bloke who does alsorts of scope rebuilding, it is now crystal clear with no fungus growing inside of it.

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[Son]

Thankyou, fergs and welcome to milsurps.com.
You would be right about the price you paid compared to what they are pulling now. If we only knew then what we know now....

I'll get your rifle's details input into my spreadsheet over the next couple of days and give you a rundown on any information I can get from the details and cross referencing them. In the meantime, is there anything you need to know?
Have a good look around this site and visit the Knowledge Library for good information on just about anything milsurp. Great bunch of people here, just join in and enjoy.

Regards,
Brad.

[fergs]

thanks for the heads up, have been looking around already only figured out how to finally activate my acount yesterday. Have already posted some questions on a no4 that is in 7.62 look forward to many questions on my collection to be answered in the future. But for now i will enjoy the site.
Regards
Fergs.

[fergs]

thanks for the heads up, have been looking around already only figured out how to finally activate my acount yesterday. Have already posted some questions on a no4 that is in 7.62 look forward to many questions on my collection to be answered in the future. But for now i will enjoy the site.
Regards
Fergs.

here are some pics of the beastie to enjoy.

[RobD]

)Rifle serial number?
39953
2)Receiver manufacturer?
Lithgow
3)Receiver year stamp?
1916
4)Butt date stamp? (none?)
MA 9/47
5)Butt size (S, N, L) "H" stamp?
L under wrist; H stamp on top of wrist
6)Barrel date stamp?
no
7)Engraved Scope serial number?
"Rifle No 23418"
8)Scope brass eyepiece ring stamped number?
none
9)Mount ring stamped number?
1710
10)Mount base stamped number
671
11)Mount type (high or low)?
Low -
12)Nosecap ears modified for sight adjustment?
Yes
13)Kingscrew swivel fitted?
Yes
14)Preservative paint under woodwork?
No
15)Cheekpiece fitted to butt?
No
16)Comments? (anything you think needs a mention eg extra markings etc...)
scope is Patt 1918 (Aust)/1 = low mount scope - Skennerton lists this No 23418 as a high scope.

[jb303]

Hi Brad,

Survey questions as follows:

1)Rifle serial number: 44462
2)Receiver manufacturer: Lithgow
3)Receiver year stamp: 1916
4)Butt date stamp:none
5)Butt size cant see it looks normal size
6)Barrel date stamp: 7 /45
7)Engraved Scope serial number: 44462
8)Scope brass eyepiece ring stamped number: 905
9)Mount ring stamped number: 905
10)Mount base stamped number: 905
11)Mount type: high
12)Nosecap ears modified for sight adjustment: no
13)Kingscrew swivel fitted: no
14)Preservative paint under woodwork: don't know, looks greasy / dark.
15)Cheekpiece fitted to butt: yes
16)Comments? underside of top wood has slaz 53 markings, maybe replaced at later date, trigger guard has english marking with arrow mark, rear sight is stamped on sight bed with a little 6 or 9 with a large F. Trigger guard / housing has green paint on top edge. On top of Barrel is stamped, Near knox R, P then H.
Scope optics a very good and barrel is very good to excellent condition. Would love to know more if possible. This one came from TASMANIA and was purchased by a ex serviceman for $15 pounds when he left the army, so I was told.
cheers

john

[Hank F]

I purchased what I believe is a Mk III* HT sniper.

I would greatly appreciate if you or any of your followers could verify this for me.

The action is a 1917 Lithgow.
It's on 1942 Slaz wood.
It has the "H" stamp.
It came with two scopes: one with the rifle serial number electro penciled on the scope.
The serial number is 844886.
The rifle is in "excellent plus" condition.
I viewed the gun in person twice, but it is in another state and I won't receive it for a little while as I need to wait for it to go thru our respective FFL's.
I do not have any Skenneeton books as this is my first Enfield.
If it is a real Lithgow Mk III* HT, it is the gun buy of my life as I did not pay much for the gun.

Thank you.
Hank

[carlxx]

cool info

[FlightRN]

Greetings All,
I purchased this low mount (I believe its technically called a medium mount)rifle (sn#70657) and submitted my paperwork on 1 Sept 2001. It took 8-9 months to receive it from Australia but I'm glad I did it. It is one of the jewels in my collection. The rifle/scope is matching and complete. I didn't have time between the deployments over the past years to fire it and am hoping to one day to see what she can do. That will have to wait until I get back to the US though.

The chest is not an original item but I had a friend build it for me. The transit chest needed to be slightly longer in order to accomadate a No1 Mk III properly. The rifle just looked "naked" without one and I had the crate stenciled with what I thought would be appropriate nomenclature (if it existed)








Best Regards,
Michael

[Son]

Thankyou for re-aquainting me and the guys here with your rifle, Michael. I believe to this day it's definately one of the five best Lithgow HT's I've ever seen....

When you do get to fire it, don't forget to take more pics. We love range reports here too!

Cheers,
Brad.