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I have Lithgow 1918 number A13631, no MD marking but D/!\D above 1 on the top flat of the Body, just aft of the Knox-form.
It had new forewood installed in May of 1944 but retains the original butt with 1931 and 1944 servicing dates.
It had been bashed about when I got it, what looked like parade-square bashing, but appeared unfired.
Took it out and shot it and it made wonderful 14-inch groups at 100, no matter what factory or home-load ammo was tried. Analysis showed that it was trying to shoot a pair of groups, each roughly 1 MOA, one about a foot above the other. Ripped her down, fixed The Damned Crack and trimmed back the Muzzle Reinforce to 1 inch, as told by a Canadian Bisley-team shooter, took it out again.
Back on target at 100, shooting my test load off the sandbags, called 2-round groups, first from a dead-cold barrel, second round 1 minute later or less (as it would be in hunting or sniping), came in at a repeatable half-inch or a hair under. Right now, the rifle is a "see-it-hit-it" and I have no complaints at all.
Those old guys REALLY knew how to build a rifle!
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BAYONET is the correct TYPE (Pattern 1907) for the rifle but it is British manufacture (Wilkinson Sword, August, 1918) rather than Australian (Lithgow).
If the two have been together for a long time, it might be good to keep them together, then possibly find a Lithgow bayonet to be "original".
Nice set!
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303carbine
The No5 is No1
Could not agree with that statement more but the No1 and No 4 are a Very close second and third.
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D/\D over 1 is a later version of 1MD
