New toy LB 1942 no4 mk1* 5 groove F54 barrel

[Bruce_in_Oz]

ssj:

You could always get a GOOD craftsman to soft-solder a "freebored" extension on your docked barrel to make up the length: a serious "enthusiast" could actually make such a fitting from the front-end of a shagged barrel; totally "authentic" and would include the bayonet lugs for bonus cosmetic points. A squirt of "authentic" black paint and ................

Lithgow made, among many other interesting things, barrels for domestic, (Oz), and foreign consumption. The No4 barrels were specifically for the No4s being used by the Australian Rifle clubs in the 1960s.

To whit:

Barrel, No4, .303 (Aust)
Part No. 35087
Drawing No. OU 52831
Are they Kosher?

If you had such a barrel, (I understand that they were sans bayonet lugs), wound into into your trusty No4, where would you stand with the "rules"?

These were being made at the same time as the last "H" barrels for SMLE users. They also made No4 barrels in 7.62 NATO for the same Rifle Clubs. These did not have bayonet lugs; well at least the samples I have do not.

Reference:

Drawing U 57062
Barrel, 7.62mm, National Rifle Association, for Rifle No.4

They also made something for the No4 rifles called:

Barrel, 7.62mm, Heavy, NSWRA,
Drawing No. U 57743
Part No. 35607