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Mixmaster
So, I am still learning. My LSA has the original barrel on it (same serial number, matching wear, etc. Other than that, I have:

An RFI stamped Ishapore magazine, but scrubbed and restamped with the same serial number as the receiver and barrel.
An RFI stamped Ishapore rear sight with a non-matching serial number.
A Lithgow front sight blade ('A' inside an 8 point star).
A brass butt plate with a worn '232' stamped on top.
An IS stamped Ishapore bolt.
A BA stamped Bathurst Rifle Factory noseguard (no serial number).
A 'G3 and B' stamped (under crown) Birmingham Small Arms trigger.

The trigger guard has the same 'C' as the front handguard and rear sight protector?

And the following mystery marks.

Rear sight protector.

Front hand guard.

Behind charger bridge. The 'A'?

And what does the "O" or "0" mean above the serial numbers?

I have two posibilities............

O=Unlaped barrel

Or on "Wheel of Fortune" you would need to buy another vowel or spin the wheel. :rolleyes:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...9/Page03-1.jpg

The "C" mark was used at Ishapore on the various models of the ShtLE I** IP and is believed to stand for "Conversion". I have seen it on triggerguards, nosecaps and sight protectors, but not on handguard ferrules before---which isn't a surprise, the mark is not applied in any set pattern.
The "O" above the serial number is a letter prefix----"O 99999" would be followed by "P 1", for instance.
Sounds like the basic LSA was rebuilt with a spare parts box close to hand.
-----krinko

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Originally Posted by krinko

Sounds like the basic LSA was rebuilt with a spare parts box close to hand.
-----krinko

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Yeah, mostly by me. When I picked it up for $100 at my local pawn shop, Bubba had got there first. He cut the stock, removed the handguards and pulled off just about every piece of metal that he could (while still leaving the rifle shootable) to lighten the rifle. :yikes: I had replaced the stock, handguards, nose guard, sight protector; stripped the laquer off of the butt stock and replaced most every screw (he even removed the striker screw and the extractor screw?)

It went from this to this.