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Yes, I have a V prefix 1945. They are not common, but not unknown........;)

Addendum: I suppose it just suggests that the sight 'problem' was rectified in the first instance.......but then...

Rifles that were otherwise suitable for T conversion but which arrived at H&H with the 'wrong' rear sights would have had a replacement fitted. IIRC Mk VII discovered a document concerning exactly...

Thanks for the clarification. I've also owned a 1945 P prefix.

Probably, as we said, more than one production line in operation at any given time. Discrepancies might also arise if rifle bodies ...

Thanks for that Lance. We seem to have drawn broadly the same conclusions! And I am speaking from memory, which is often faulty - it could well have been an AV prefixed rifle that was dated 1944....

BSA Shirley used a single letter prefix followed by a four digit number during 1941 & 42, then in 1943 went to double letter prefixes but with the first of the two letters always being 'A' (AA, AB,...

They may exist, but I've never seen British produced cheekpieces in walnut, only Canadian. I have examples of UK cheekpieces in beech (the most common), birch (usually noticed on early conversions...

Cinders, I'm sure that's walnut, although stained birch can sometimes look quite similar, especially to lighter shades of walnut.......but that's walnut. I suspect that your cheekpiece is quite...

AFAIK H&H did not restock rifles. They were paid to effect the conversion from standard service rifle to sniper's rifle only. The rifles should not have needed restocking anyway, as they had already...