According to Peter's excellent 'Guns of Dagenham', NZicon purchased 2006 L2A3's, 5 L34A1's, 776 bayonets, and 16,030 magazines. I remember seeing L2A3 Sterlings in 1959, and I first fired one as a cadet in 1961 as part of a 'Barracks Week' fire-power demo on the school 300 yard range (that was my prize for winning the Bren stripping competition). They were all crinkle finish and in the KR serial number range. The Waiouru Army Museum kept about 50 in their armoury after they were withdrawn from service. The 'turret heads' used them on the range from time to time until they got their short AUG's. The Museum has been selling them off at auction (4-5 per year) for a few years now. I have one in my safe just to keep my Mk 5 company.