So, Peter, that would then suggest that these rifles which are in cases "less scope" might have been ones with issues, or unserviceable, or just plain spare, or maybe all three were possibilities? I would expect that if they had scopes with them at some point, then they should have had the scope numbers on the top of the buttstock. The rifles pictured don't have scope numbers on the buttstock so those must have been sanded off? Do you know why would they be sanded off instead of just x'd out like ones are which are reissued a new scope? Is is possible that some of these were "spare" so to speak, waiting for scopes to be delivered for them and then none were, while others might have had scopes issued and then the rifles were damaged or whatever and the scopes swapped off? Maybe the unserviceable ones were never sold for surplus, or does anyone have one which has clearly definitely had a scope mated to it at some point? These rifles do seem to be an oddity. The one I posted pictures of is sold to someone else (I didn't want it because the price was too high for something with a switcheroo rearsight) so I'll never be able to have it in hand and look at it closely to see if the butt was sanded or not.

Cheers

Ed
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