Wild Tiger Corps No.1 MkIII* Rifle.

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Hi fellas,
Just after some advice.

My local gunshop has just got in one of those wild tiger corps No.1 MkIII* rifles. Its in pretty good condition and apparently been in someones closet for over 40 years so has seen little use.
He's asking about $900 Aussie dollars for it.
I know these things are pretty rare and i know nothing about them so i just thought i'd ask if anyone knows whether the price he is asking is a good deal or not.

The metal all looks pretty tidy and the barrel is bright and got a lotta life left in it. The timber work has a few scars including a little piece out of it on the butt...nothing major though.

It has a lot of markings on the butt including a crown sitting above what looks like a shield with letters on it - looks like the early Lithgow logo with a crown above it. Has "DP" on it in massive letters so its been used for drill purpose at some stage in its life.
The butt still has the disc in it with siamese lettering on it.

The only thing that threw me a little is both the butt disc and the the bolt have the lithgow mark of an 'A' with the star around it........so its been inspected at lithgow at some stage but not FTR markings on the rifle.
I'm thinking maybe the stock isnt original, only the metal is.

I'm not a collector but having not seen one of these before it caught my attention. I thought maybe someone on here might be after one.

Any help/info would be appreciated.

Thanks

edit: General Information Markings (Wood Types) pg4 The butt in the pic at the bottom of this page where it says queensland maple are the exact markings on this rifle

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