Do I have a no1 Mk3 sniper? (Incomplete)

[BLAAA303]

Good afternoon all,

New to the forums and my first post as to potentially ascertaining what rifle I am dealing with and if its a legitimate sniper rifle.

I've currently got it in at a gun shop being looked at and appraised for serviceability whilst we find out what it is.

The barrel appears to be almost unused rifling and bore diameter wise but sadly its been stored incorrectly and is likely in need of replacing if it was ever to be fired due to one decently pitted area.

There is no scope with it.
It comes as seen in the pictures.
Its being sold to me as "un able to confirm" its originality as the owner is being very upfront and honest about it as he genuinely doesn't know.
Under the rear hand guard it has "E" or "EAD" I cannot recall as I forgot to take a picture but it apparently relates to "enfield" I was informed so looks to be matching the rest of the stock.

The serial number does appear to come up in Ian skennertons book.
Any help is greatly appreciated guys.

Regards
Jared

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[BLAAA303]

* also it has volley front sights on the foregrip
*matching number bolt

[muffett.2008]

Looks ridgydidge to me.

[Bindi2]

you wont get a better answer than Muffs. As we say in Ozz he knows his s$^t sorry stuff

[Jollygreenslugg]

you wont get a better answer than Muffs. As we say in Ozz he knows his s$^t sorry stuff

Lithgow HT, nice find! Not sure about the volley sights though.

[Promo]

I would not recommend to have the barrel changed and rather keep it that way and not shoot it. It's more worth as it is now than with a replacement barrel, at least to me and probably all other collectors.

[BLAAA303]

Also just emailed off to a certain gentleman who's written a well known book on them and he replied and confirmed the serial number on it is listed in his book.

He also said having the volley sight on the front isn't unheard of.
His response....

"The HT sniper rifles were converted from heavy barrel fitted target rifles, many of which were turned in to the army by rifle club shooters.
So these rifles were already fine-tuned for civilian and army team target shooting.
At Lithgow, everything that was up to spec was left, so original furniture & fittings was not replaced, hence that rifle has early Mk III dial sight, &c.
Cheers"

I suppose the easy bit is having the rifle now the hard bit tracking down an original scope and rings/mounts.
Am I dreaming with the next task of acquiring a scope?

Thank you guys also for for the input and confirmation appears all the gurus are confirming suspicions.

Regards
Jared

[Homer]

Is it common they have mismatched nosecap?

[Bindi2]

Is it common they have mismatched nosecap?

It also has a 10/13 butt

[BLAAA303]

Not to my knowledge.
Was told that was a ring in.
Was advised to just go get an unmarked/numbered one and run with that.