Magazine Lee-Enfield

[5thBatt]

I don't think it would be a problem: safety wise, to reunite the rifle and correct number bolt. Most of these rifles never fired a shot in anger nor probably fired more than 10 rounds a year in their lifetime. I also doubt it they were even used for parade looking at the butt plates. I suspect they sat in the amoury at "Pump Handle Sask." (mythical place by the way) and never saw the light of day.

Except.........many thousands of these rifles were purchased in 1914 by NZ (M&D on butt, C14 on tang) for 1 pound?/dollar? each, along with many from England (E14 on tang) some of these rifles went ashore with NZ'ers at Gallipoli, so many were used in WW1 & then later in WW2 by the NZ Home Guard.
Whilst many can be found today in good condition, the same cant be said for the barrels.