1915 Lithgow H model

[RJW NZ]

Wow, the twins, those are two amazing rifles, and I agree, that is amazing that they survived and weren't messed with. I especially like the kangaroo on the stock. Its kind of interesting that so much is serial numbered, I guess they were held in some regard when they were made and issued.
What sort of soldier woudl have these? Would it have been a trained sniper issue or perhaps the unit best shot, or maybe just whoever had the most clout?

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[fergs]

From what i have heard they had called back in a lot of the service rifles from the rifle clubs of the period and rebuilt and tweaked them back to specs. from hear they were either made into marksman rifles or back to general service rifles. I will need to do some more research on this, maybe some of the others out there might be able to shed some light on this. Either way they are both very nice survivors of smle's
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Fergs