Quote Originally Posted by smerdon42 View Post
Bindi my 1913 was sporterised so I had no option and restocked it . It is a tribute rifle but it has all the original blued finish bolt sights rear hand guard and butt stock and volley sight .i had to get an original rear peep sight and nose cap ( unnumbered) but at serial number 160 I felt it had to be brought back to as close to original as possible. My 3 x 1914 all where pressed into different country service one to Englandicon in ww1 , one went to India and was ftr Ed in 1932 , and the last one was in Aussie service until after ww2 and went on to Austrian police . I agree and try to bring the rifles history to light with some correct cleaning is the best thing to do.. being an ex Aussie service guy and my family’s involvement in every action since the first boer war I am proud of my Aussie history.
The correct rebuild would have been to * specs which is how it would have left service. Congrats on saving the old girl and putting her skirts back on. Very Good family history.