It looks like this 1917 MkIII* was sold to India at some time but there are just a bunch of stamps on this old piece. Anything unusual?
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It looks like this 1917 MkIII* was sold to India at some time but there are just a bunch of stamps on this old piece. Anything unusual?
link http://www.auctionarms.com/search/di...um=9353469&oh=
Possibly Ghurka issue. The bayonet is a WW II refinish Admiralty contract.
jona, I'm bayonet stupid, how can you tell? TIA
Klondike, I think it may be an ex Iraq rifle. Someone will correct me.
Brad
The WSC marking was only used by Wilkinson in WW II, and their only P-07 contract during WW II was for the Admiralty(for about 200,000 reconditioned/refurbished P-07 bayonets).
Thanks, Jona!
Brad
A quick look online at Hindu, Punjab and Arabic script makes me guess the later. Now would the Iraqis have proofed their rifles?
The mark on the leftside of the buttsocket is an Ishapore rebuild mark----a total rebuild, including a barrel replacement, in most cases.
The mark on the rightside of the receiver is a set of three numbers---"194" done in a Tibetan script sometimes used in Nepal.
So go with Gurkha.
-----krinko
PS. Source for the Tibetan script information is "South Asian Coins and Paper Money" by Bruce, Deyell, Rhodes and Spengler.
Thank you for all of the help, it piqued my curiosity. Now to do a little reading on modern Nepal history.