SMLE III (No. 1 Mk. 3) Lee Enfield

[5thBatt]

Australian made barrel, and also have my doubts about the fore-end.

Photo 5 of post #25 doesn't seem to show the right shapes around the dial plate inletting.

Not a Lithgow barrel, it is 1912 dated BSA barrel with additional Lithgow inspection stamps, the barrel & receiver on mine are similarly marked (Photobucket is under maintenance at the mo, so no photos yet) mine does not have the additional numbers below the woodwork but the other than that & the commercial proof & the P in a heart, its a pretty much the same.
The forend is modified for Volley sights as the D with the small line proves as that a imposed EFD mark which dates long after 1912.

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I love the stamping on the buttstock 5th.

i'm fairly sure I've been to Upokongaro and the Wanganiu area, for me, was the scene of one of the most memorable firsts of a young mans life.

I am in Wanganui (now spelt Whanganui due to PC crap) so the rifle has not travelled too far.
Who was that, i might know her??? lol