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Haha, This is why I came here. Thank you for the honest reply. Short of outright...

I have built (in process of) a No1 MkIII from the ground up with all New Old Stock and a new barrel. Thus, this rifle is absolutely not original. With that out of the way and hopefully to avoid any...

I had fiddled with following laidler's instructions regarding the collar but with what I'm seeing, the collar would end up being cut down by half before allowing proper function. I understand what...

I appreciate all the input and help here! Here are some more pictures to include the trigger guard screw bushing in place. You can see that the trigger is in full contact with the sear on the 1st...

I do have one, my apologies for not including it in the picture. In the image with the magazine in place, that is about the height it would be with my bushing in place. and when it is in there, it...

Well, here are the images of what I am dealing with so far. I have replaced the "DP" cocking piece with an in-service one. Without any wood in the equation, the sear appears to rest nicely up on the...

Well, I fiddled about with the trigger as much as I could. Even ordered a small handful of triggers and a second trigger guard. I've made sure that the trigger guard is absolutely level and straight...

I should have prefaced that I have assembled this no1 mk3 with nearly all NOS parts.... foolishly thinking that I could drop in and play like an AR15. This has been a 3 year project and am getting...

Hello, I have two questions that I need help with.

1) I have stripped all the wood furniture off my No1 Mk3 to see why I have a hair trigger. Turns out that the trigger, at rest, is pressing...

From Part 1 here: https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=58106&page=1

Another update to the SMLE project
Well, enough time has passed to where my mind starts comming up with other ideas as the...

Well, enough time has passed to where my mind starts comming up with other ideas as the rifle is still yet unfinished. I am going to go out and stick my neck on the chopping block to gain some...

Thank you for the information. I saw this for sale and it does have a broad arrow stamp on the rear of it. However, given that I we cannot tie it to any regiment, I think I'll pass on it. I'll post...

Hello all,
I am having a mongrel of a time, trying to identify this particular butt stock disc. I've scoured the internet for ages, but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

M.G.U....

Ah... well I'm currently fumbling my way through quite an inconvenience. After giving the stock a nice acetone bath... the wood appears to be different on each of the 4 sections. The most frustrating...

I'll take a look at that scope mount. My hopes were for an old side clamping mount that is detachable... But that does seam like looking for a needle in a stack of needles.

I may just cut my...

I while ago, I decided to try and build an SMLE from the ground up from new old stock. The crux of the idea stemmed from my stumbling across a new, in the wax, No.1 Mk.3 barrel from South African...

Ahh... Now I'm picking up what you're putting down. The image below is what has been throwing me off and was assuming that I could find a way to machine my receiver to accept those claw mounts. These...

Hmm.... ok. I can understand, although I'm still a novice as to the differences between the two receivers. Here are some pictures of two receivers, one of which will be utilized for my build.
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Well, this all seams like a straight foreword, although difficult, operation. You'll have to forgive my crossing of SMLE with a No1. But none the less, why is it you state that these scope mounts...

Hello,
I've been fortunate enough to come across a wealth of new old stock parts from a new in the wax barrel and stock, to all the little bits that make up everything else. (I'll likely post a...

I did a little further digging and have found that IB fits in with the Australian unit "Infantry Battalion" ... Armed with that, I can only assume that the disc could mean that it belonged to the...

Thanks for the reply.

So could I interpret the disc as: Issued 1930 / 1st battalion / Bermuda / (unknown what the numbering at the bottom is.) ?

I recently purchased a unit marker disc to go with a No1 MkIII which I am restoring. Obviously the disc has no relation to the rifle itself... but It would be cool to know the history or origin of...

Hello all.
Glad to have found this site. Hope to learn quite a bit from this wealth of knowledge.