Mk. I*or Mk. I?

[oldfoneguy]

The mark on your barrel is indicative of the Weedon refurbishment, however the mark on your receiver is not. That is the double broad arrow which means the rifle was sold out of service but the 2 are often confused for each other. All rifles that they could get a hold of that were built prior to December 14? 1916 were candidates for the Weedon refurb, those made after that date already had the * bolt update built in to them. With your bolt numbers in their original location chances are that it is original to the action and the "daisy" stamp is indicating the rifle to be a MkI* from birth. Probably a later 12/16 or early 1/17 build date. I've included some pics of my Remington April 1916 built P14 with the Weedon stampings plainly visible. Sadly this rifle was not in it's original stock when I bought it but I have acquired a matching stock for it since. The receiver shows both a Weedon stamping and a sold out of service double broad arrow. The last pic shows a view of the relieving done to the barrel face for the larger bolt lug. - Bill

ETA: Between the 3 manufacturers there were hundreds of thousands of rifles built prior to the cut off date. I know for a fact that Remington began production in March 1916 and I believe Eddystone could have started even earlier. I'm unsure when Winchester started but it was in the same timeframe. A carry-over barrel could have been used in an early January built rifle but it would have been one configured to the new * standard. Another thing to consider is after existing for 102 years chances are unlikely that your rifle could be completely original. It's something we all want and would like to think we have but chances are that it's not. BTW I also have the Weedon stamp on my extractor and can tell the bolt was force matched because the numbers are on top of the bolt handle not underneath like yours and I can see the spot where the old numbers were ground off and it was reblued. If you look at your barrel face and it doesn't have the milling marks mine does then it started life as a MkI* for sure.