Quote Originally Posted by Thunderbox View Post
Exterior "looks" apart, the MkIII*s seem perfectly good quality rifles. Many/most of them appear to have been built as wire-wrapped GF rifles for internal security purposes, and these often appear to have shot very little ball ammo by the time they appear on the surplus market.
Describes my 1963 Ishapore MkIII* GF rifle perfectly.
Full matching numbers & the woodwork looks like a bunch of parts slapped together.