Hi everyone

Looking for some advice on whether or not this desporterized enfield is safe to shoot? I acquired this NRF (1918?) No1 mk3, FTR’d 1953, a few years back and finally collected all the parts I needed to restore it. Now I know most of you probably don’t find the BSA post war rifles all that interesting from a collector stand point but I’ve always personally enjoyed them as they are built on the original receivers but always seem to have a new 53’ barrel. I feel like you get the best of both worlds, an old battle rifle but a total refurbishment from the factory. Plus I don’t feel as guilty shooting them. This one was built on a National rifle factory receiver but has the cypher scrubbed for some reason? The inside of the barrel is pristine and clearly didn’t see very much shooting from its previous owner. My concern is when I bought the rifle it was clearly not stored properly and had active rust on the Knox and barrel that had to be removed. Hopefully you can see the attached pictures that show this. The pitting is not very deep on the Knox, not much deeper then the armourer marks, but towards the muzzle they get a little deeper. My question is this level of pitting something I should be concerned about? Is the rifle safe to shoot? I sit behind a desk most days and my knowledge of metallurgy is non existent. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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