Do I have a no1 Mk3 sniper? (Incomplete)

[Seaforth72]

I too suggest that you keep the original barrel on the rifle and tag it as unsafe to shoot. IF you decide to change the barrel, KEEP the old barrel and tag it so that you or your Executor can pair it up with the rifle. If you leave the barrel in place, by all means try to locate a correct spare heavy barrel and tag it so that a future owner has the option. Such barrels might be found now, but in 20 years ... probably not.

I have a 1918 No.1 Mk.III* that was used on the Dieppe Raid in France in August 1942 by a member of the Essex Scottish Regiment. It was brought back to the UK by one of about 50 men of that unit who returned to the UK from that raid, probably a wounded man (there is more to the story). It was written off in 1943 and my father got hold of it and repaired it with the help of the Essex Scottish Armourer. Then Dad carried it with that unit and when he was attached to No.4 Commando in 1943. He brought it home to Canada in 1943-44 when hospitalized, complete with bayonet, frog and sling. I damaged the barrel in the early 1970s :-( !!!! and had the barrel replaced (it was still HIS rifle then). I now regret that I did that and that I do not have the original barrel to put back on.

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