Originally Posted by
BigBadDog
From what I can make out from the photograph it does indeed appear to be a Mk1 fore end but with the tie plate omitted and a screw inserted. Had this been done in service the tie plate hole in the woodwork would have been filled in with a piece of wood. I wonder if the internal conversion has been done properly. Skennerton page 251 has photos of how it should look. Incorrect fitting may well interfere with correct trigger function, worth checking out. Smells of a bit of a bodge to me.