Judging by the staining on the left side of the front band, and the damage to the right side of the forend and handguard, you are correct, it is the same gun.
the one which I examined (sorry for the crappy photos, all I had was my phone and poor light)in 2013 is a different gun - this one in Canada:
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you can clearly see one of the rivets holding the barrel extension into place.
It seems they used a similar system to the Sten Mk2 barrel trunnion (riveted into place on early and British guns).
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