I've had a lot of luck with this forum, so I figured I'd give it another shot.

I'm going to a local gun shop to have another look at a 1912 ShtLE III I saw there the other day. The stock has been cut down, with the forend cut to sporter length and the forward hand guard is MIA. The disk on the butt stock is also MIA. However, the barrel is intact and everything I saw a SN on matches, even the magazine. If I can get it for a good price, which I think I can considering the asking price on it, I'm going to likely come home with it as a restoration project.

As I understand it, the 1912 should have a magazine cutoff and volley sights. Is that information correct? As I understand, it was around 1916/17 when they removed them from production rifles. However, I can't find definitive information in that regard.

I didn't see the remnants of the volleys on the forend, but I didn't look at the receiver to see if anything was there. The same with the magazine cutoff. I've found a couple of places with the magazine cutoff, but none with a forend with the volley sights or the piece of the volley's that go on the receiver.

Am I going to be on a major quest to find the forend and the other pieces for the volley sights? Working on the assumption this rifle would have had them, of course.

I'm also doing what research I can to find out some history about these rifles. I have a No 4 Mk I and other milsurps I've thoroughly enjoyed researching the history of, and it's become one of my favorite parts of owning these guns. Any links or resources of interest are always appreciated.
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