small mystery with a target No4Mk2

[louthepou]

Good day everyone, I hope you are all doing great.

Here, a friend brought a No4Mk2 for me to tear down and inspect. First look, I think it may be (or have been) a "legit" target rifle, but rough tool marks on the barrel have me a bit puzzled.

Action is stamped with "Parker Hale" and "Birmingham" (hard to see on that picture, very small font). Forend is bedded at the knox and a few inches forward of it; and free floating from there onward. But the file and vise marks on the barrel... what gives? Could it have been an attempt to provide some clamp with more grip than with a smooth barrel? That part looks to me like bubba's work...

Lou

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