Lithgow 1918 No. 1 Mk. III*

[smellie]

The marking "2ndM.D." is Second Military District, a pretty normal Australian marking.

Notice you are missing the "tails" to your Forward Handguard. Normally, they hide the Bed of the Rear Sight, protect your fingers from the Bed when the rifle is hot.

I think the other numbers are the standard serial in its regular location (A21696) and the other number is an assembly number; they were making these pretty fast when this one was built.

It also appears that something has been cancelled above your Serial on the Body. It won't have been another Serial because Body, Barrel and Bolt all had the same number at time of build.

One of the Australian fellows should be on here when the Sun gets to their side of the world.

They will be more than happy to help you..... and likely tell me that I'm bl**dy full of it!

Nice rifle!
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[303carbine]

That No1Mk111 is almost identical to my 1918 Lithgow, mine has the 5th MD stamp on it, other than that it looks the same. The bore is still nice for a rifle that old, it is still as accurate as the first day it was made.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

The No5 is No1

Could not agree with that statement more but the No1 and No 4 are a Very close second and third.