Lee Metford .22 conversion

[PrinzEugen]

In part three of a burst activity caused by it being half term and my son residing on the sofa with the flu preventing activities of any sort... today, after it was suggested by another forum member I thought I'd post up pics of my new (to me) Lee Metford .22 conversion. Often the discussion on these things throws up some nuggets not known to me or other members so all thoughts appreciated. It shoots very nicely by the way! It was made in Sparkbrook in 1892 and converted at Enfield in 1908.
Few questions - is it possible it could have seen action somewhere - eg the boer war - or were all the rifles there long lees? Also is it missing a foresight protector? If so any thoughts on sourcing one? I presume the 468 is the rack number but would be interested to know what the 1.09 on the butt disc might mean. Anyway hope people find the pics interesting if nothing else.
Apologies from the non-thumbnailed pics - can't seem to shrink them enough for the attachments manager on milsurps to accept them.

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