I was offered a couple of ".308" barrels for No4s the other day. The price was not at all silly given the price of any barrels in Oz.

They turned out to be essentially new in their rather tatty brown paper wrappers.

Not wanting to buy a mummified pile of junk, I unrolled the wrapper for a look.

Bores are NICE; 6 groove, RH twist; appears to be 1:12" twist.

External finish is blast / grey parkerize.

There is a tiny proof mark (crown over crossed pennants over an unidentified tiny squiggle), on the Knox form.

Just forward of the Knox Form, the letters " A W " are stamped on the left side in characters about 3mm high.

Breech thread shank is longer than a standard No4: space for a breeching washer?

Front sight base lugs but no bayonet lugs

Any clues as to what I coughed up for?
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