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Here you go guys here is pics, the right side is my 1913 serial number 160,then in serial number sequence 3680 (India final service location)x5669 from
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army back to Aussie army in ww2 , then 10265 from Aussie army over to Austrian gendarmerie after ww2. All pass field headspaceand are nice clean bores . The 13 was sporterised so I brought it back to original spec the the middle 2 are going to stay as is and the last one was sporterised and I am going to do Qld maple on that one and do volley sights on it .I also have a 15 /16 and 17 lithgows to go through and clean up my 17 does not close on a no go gauge the bolt gets 1/2 way before it gets tight .let me know what you all think
Amazing, you might be the only one in the world with a 1913 and 3 x 1914s. Thanks for sharing
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Here you go guys here is pics, the right side is my 1913 serial number 160,then in serial number sequence 3680 (India final service location)x5669 from
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army back to Aussie army in ww2 , then 10265 from Aussie army over to Austrian gendarmerie after ww2. All pass field headspaceand are nice clean bores . The 13 was sporterised so I brought it back to original spec the the middle 2 are going to stay as is and the last one was sporterised and I am going to do Qld maple on that one and do volley sights on it .I also have a 15 /16 and 17 lithgows to go through and clean up my 17 does not close on a no go gauge the bolt gets 1/2 way before it gets tight .let me know what you all think
If you are going for correctness on the resto, 13,14 & 15 Lithgows were stocked in Walnut, QM was not used till 1916 (maybe late 1915)
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The Volley sights etc were omitted from MkIII production & were not omitted to produce the pattern of rifle called the MkIII*
The LoC of 1916 is in 2 parts, part 1 is about changes to the future production of the MkIII & lists those changes, part 2 introduces the MkIII* which is the same as a MkIII but without a cutoff or slot & as such the changes to the MkIII were also applied.
I don't have the LOCs to hand and all my drawings and manufacturing / acceptance docs are in storage, but I will certainly look that info up for future reference.
Bruce
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I don't have the LOCs to hand and all my drawings and manufacturing / acceptance docs are in storage, but I will certainly look that info up for future reference.
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