My new arrival, an early Mk2 target No4

[Simon P]

Never seen a trigger guard modified like that before.

From memory production of the No4 Mk2 commenced in 1949.

Your rifle was manufactured by Fazakerley in Liverpool October 1949.

(F) = Fazakerley
10/49 = October 1949

Is the receiver marked anyway ie Fultons or Parker Hale who could have done the bedding alterations?

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[RJW NZ]

Thanks re Faz, so this really is pretty early on in the piece, cool.
On the exterior of the receiver etc there are very few marks, and so far no Parker or Fulton,
lol, 10 minutes later, I couldn't resist so I just opened the guards up. There's no marks that are not just machining stamps, The barrel is unnumbered but has F 56, which I assume is Faz in 1956.

The bedding appears very well done, the mid lower bearing, essentially a half shell U shape about 2 inches long, is actually recessed 1/16th into the fore end wood, nice touch and tells me someone not a wood butcher did the work.

Never seen a trigger guard modified like that before.

From memory production of the No4 Mk2 commenced in 1949.

Your rifle was manufactured by Fazakerley in Liverpool October 1949.

(F) = Fazakerley
10/49 = October 1949

Is the receiver marked anyway ie Fultons or Parker Hale who could have done the bedding alterations?