SMLE rebuild or fakery?

[Cottage Hill Bill]

Bruce,
This was more a function test for the rifle. Not my only Enfield so I wasn't expecting 1/2MOA at 1000 yards. Actually I was quite pleased with this outing given it was conducted with sub-optimal ammo, my aging and also sub-optimal eyes and poor range conditions. The fact that it shot both boat-tails and flat-based bullets about the same tells me it has potential. Next outing will be with a younger shooter who can actually see and maybe some HXP MkVII. The real question was whether the rework that had obviously been done was a home garage job or something more professional. Based on a closer look at the rifle, the condition of the bolt set up (very good) and the rifle posted in the thread I listed above I'm leaning strongly toward this rifle having been refurbished by a trained organization but non-British. On another forum it was suggested it might be a Greek rework. I don't know enough about the Greek army to comment on that , but I'm pretty sure now it wasn't bubba who did the work.