Opinions on this No4, TR marked

[jmoore]

It would be nice to have some more really meaty close ups of the butt socket, & perhaps of the front pad area taken from just below the wood line (ie looking slightly 'upwards'), to show the edge of the milled panel in which the front pad sits. It is generally just about visible on most rifles, & is a feature that in my experience is rarely copied by fakers as it takes too much skill to do & to get right! Another supporting feature of its authenticity would be to look at the front face of the body at 6 o'clock to see if there is a barrel indexing mark present. It may not be on the barrel itself as it could be a replacement, but the index mark should still be there on the body (receiver) regardless.

I'd go with Roger Payne's suggestions here. There's no obvious warning signs, and the overall condition seems pretty uniformly "experienced". Likely it was heavily used by the end of WWII and quickly moved along to a friendly nation.

In actual fact, the lack of the "S51"on the butt is a good thing! Makes me much less suspicious.

The "S" is only present on guns which did not need to have a new MkI/I rear sight fitted.

And in 1943 it's probable that it was fitted with the two position Mk.II sight, so the lack of the "S" is also good.