I am involved in a discussion in another group that was trying to nut out what the markings mean on a No4 butt. (pic below) From it's markings it appears to be a No4 Mk1 that was made at Maltby very early on and was FTR'd to No4 Mk2 standard, in 1954.

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The challenge got a little more interesting when an old advert for a 1917 Lithgowicon advertised as having been FTR'd in 1947 was brought up. Copy pasted, here is the detail from the ad...

"The sight ladder is 1942 production; the sight base and barrel band are OA (Orange Rifle Factory No.3) marked. The BA (Bathurst Rifle Factory No. 2) nose cap without piling swivel was adopted in late 1941; the round/rectangular windows cut into the ears is a modification introduced in 1944. , Lithgow replacement-barrel dated 4-47 and is marked as sighted in for the Mark VII HV-SC cartridge. The bore is clean and shiny-bright. The right butt stock is paint marked BBWS 9/55. The receiver is import marked, indicating this rifle arrived in the US sometime after 1968. "

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Undoubtedly both rifles are marked the same, but a Britishicon No4 and a Lithgow together somewhere in the world in the fifties????

Any help greatly appreciated. Seem to have exhausted the usual avenues,

TIA,
Brad.
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