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Per Skennerton “ Small Arms of WWII “ p.20, it appears there were at least two makers of this projector.

FlightRN,
The other numbers on your projector match the inventory designation in the CES posted by AdeE...and are different from the markings on my example and one belonging to a friend.

As mentioned, it is a late-production Savage. For some reason you don’t see many around.

It’s doubtful anyone on the forum will give an opinion on your rifle without additional photos. When you can, post photos of the scope mount and the cancelled scope numbers on the wrist.

As a collector, I just prefer to have unaltered/undamaged specimens. If you are happy with the price you paid, which you appear to be, that’s all that matters.

I would have waited for a better rifle to appear and paid a bit more. Sorry, but not a deal to me.

OP’s rifle looks to me like one of the early 1990s imports ( most certainly not a pre-1968 import) released by the British MoD. Many of these were mummy wrapped and had the serial number stamped at...

The majority of these that I’ve come across have mis-matched bolts.

It isn’t an easy book to find and is very pricey when found.

These could easily have been from a police confiscation where the receivers had to be destroyed. The sum of the parts here would not exceed the amount you could sell the whole gun for. Just a thought.

That’s a rare opportunity.

The one I have is a Long Branch with all marking scrubbed, but with the proper Mk 1/3 designation. Haven’t seen too many of these, so thanks for posting.

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Here’s another 1941 dated one for comparison. I can’t tell if the one you show is real or not.127036

Excellent rig!

“‘India’s Enfields”by Bob Edwards is the best reference book for RFI. Out- of-print and hard to find.

I have can for rifle AT 2757 and scope 10221. Let me know if you have this rig. The rifle number on the can is actually AT 2737.

This is a ten-year old thread.

Here are two original cheek rests for comparison, both unissued. British and Canadian.123351

Found these CES contents in a transit chest many years ago. Appeared undisturbed.

Savage No. 4’s can be found dated 1943 on the receiver or wrist

The front band looks great. Incredibly well done restoration.

My CLLE MkI was converted by LSA in 1910 and still has Metford rifling so it falls in the category that Lance mentions. Serial numbers are matching and it has the groove in the Charger bridge. Royal...

What an embarrassment.

Great job! Would not be “ pretty simple really “ for me. Wish I had those skills!