Thanks for the information Bruce, the PDF on Sportco was very interested indeed. After many hours of online research I have yet to see a No4T with pale wood, everyone I have seen is dark.
Apart from the L42A1 fore ends has anyone else seen a No 4 T with pale wood?
Apart from the view that dark wood has an advantage in a sniping role, was it the case, as Peter has said, that they just spent longer in the stain tank??