Your explanation is ambiguous Green. Are you saying that a new body, fresh from Canadianicon Ordnance stores would have an LB serial number on it?

That policy always seemed a bit strange or alien to us UKicon Armourers because if the BODY (the master component) was beyond repair/worn out - or whatever, then by default, so would or might be the remainder of the parts. And you'd STILL have to fit the barrel which was always by selective fitting in the first instance, that's why we had a rack full to try the best fit from. And you'd still have to fit the fore-end and the bolt. A bit like putting new uppers on a pair of shoes because the soles haven't worn out yet!