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In our army, every weapon except one had a part that was known as the 'master component' which was never available as a spare part. This prevented anyone making a weapon up from spares. The exception was the old .50" short M8C spotting rifle. Not that anyone would find a use for one even if they did make one up! Australia and NZ were the same too. How Canada fared with this quartermasters nightmare is anyones guess.
Lithgow also replaced receivers & reallocated serial numbers.