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09-30-2014 01:41 PM
# ADS
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It'll be a MkIII originally built on an unused Mk1 action body. They are relatively common.
It has probably then been rebarrelled (and most likely also restocked without volley sights) in 1918.
If the forend has a different number from the barrel/action (and the nosecap as well?) then the rifle has almost certainly been "restored" recently by a civilian owner wishing to create a rifle with volley sights. The wear marks you mention on the barrel could be an indication that the rifle has spent some time as a sporter.
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Thanks for the comments guys. Mine does have a number matched nosecap, although the font doesn't match anything else so it may well have been sporterized. As to an unused body having been used in 1916- it wouldn't be proofed untill fitted with barrel, would it? The proof on my action body is definitely E. Rex. And 5thbatt: thank's for sharing the photos. I still wonder about my barrel- the font of the serial seems to match the action so perfectly along with hint of E. Rex proof. However, it can't be coincidence that yours also has the apparent '18 year stamped on it.
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