Question Regarding Volley or Long Range Sights on the No 1 Mk III

[SpikeDD]

1910 BSA
1912 LSA
1913 Enfield
1915 Enfield ( X2 )
1915 BSA
1917 LSA

All Mk. III's

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[Bluenoser]

Please confirm that your 1917 LSA is equipped with long range sights. Nineteen seventeen seems a late date for long range sights. Is it original, or could it have been restored?

1910 BSA
1912 LSA
1913 Enfield
1915 Enfield ( X2 )
1915 BSA
1917 LSA

All Mk. III's

[SpikeDD]

Hello Bluenoser...

Finally found the 17' LSA. I remember the conversation now I had with Brian Dick about this rifle. Apparently, Enfield had an extensive FTR program and this rifle is the result of that.

LSA did make the Mk. III for a while longer than the other armories and I can't explain why the rifle still retained it's early features during a FTR but here are the particulars.

1937 view date with EFD proof near safety.
LSA marked butstock and buttplate.
LSA marked trigger and sear.
LSA marked safety.
LSA marked middle band.
17' dated LSA barrel with original number.
BSA bolt with EFD proof, numbered to rifle.
BSA rear sight leaf with EFD proof, re-numbered to rifle (one previous number lined out)
EFD marked cocking piece.
EFD marked rear sight base.
EFD proof mark on left side of receiver ring next to vent holes.
EFD marked end cap numbered to rifle.
EFD marked rear volley sight arm.
EFD marked front volley sight base ( Pointer boss has been sawed off )
Forestock numbered to rifle and barely visible, EFD marked on small plate across rear of buttstock.
EFD marked magazine and follower.
EFD marked magazine cut-off.