Restocking a Canadian marked 1918 No1 Mk III

[Sentryduty]

Thanks for the comments!

The total build cost of this "restoration" is approximately 50% of market value of a similar rifle in Canada,and since this was for my shooting collection, I wasn't too picky when sourcing the parts.

The wood and hardware came from the same fellow who had been building a few LE's and decided to sell this set.

The nosecap and rear sight protector (Not the rifle of course) are DP marked, in different fonts. The wood is very dark with a "S" short butt, and a small stock repair on the left side of the fore-end. The stock originally came with an aluminium butt plate, but I liked the look of brass and reused the one from the sporter stock.

Speaking of the rifle, I checked it over prior to firing and it headspaced within military specification, and the bore was lead slugged to .312". I ran some commercial hunting ammunition through it and was able to smash a clay pigeon at 100m, prone unsupported after 3 windage corrections. I think there is potential in the rifle with a little more accuracy work on my end and some handloads.

I do need a swivel and sling set, but that will come with time, I was initially worried that I would have an inaccurate slingshot from an untested rifle once the next stock was installed.