L42A1 (new to me), Rare Maltby Conversion

[Gil Boyd]

Well no record of A11982 on the L42A1 list, thought a just in case search might help!

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[Troglodyte]

Well no record of A11982 on the L42A1 list, thought a just in case search might help!

Bolt and head have the proof marks. Fake? Or possibly a half-done armory replacement at the end of the rifle's service life?

[Troglodyte]

Well no record of A11982 on the L42A1 list, thought a just in case search might help!

Could that serial number be for an Enforcer, or an Envoy?

[Gil Boyd]

No real chance of bottoming that one out I'm afraid, as the lists from Leeds Armoury only give the final Enforcer/Envoy number ie 099 etc no original serial numbers appear to be recorded on anything I have access to.

I suppose there was no need for cross referencing at the time of conversion, they needed a number and it made sense to numerically start afresh.

Suffice it to say, if yours was an Enforcer it would be fairly clearly marked in some way. I don't hold the Envoy lists.

[Troglodyte]

No real chance of bottoming that one out I'm afraid, as the lists from Leeds Armoury only give the final Enforcer/Envoy number ie 099 etc no original serial numbers appear to be recorded on anything I have access to.

I suppose there was no need for cross referencing at the time of conversion, they needed a number and it made sense to numerically start afresh.

Suffice it to say, if yours was an Enforcer it would be fairly clearly marked in some way. I don't hold the Envoy lists.

That in itself is useful info. Now if I could find out where replacement bolts came from, that might support (or invalidate, depending on the answer) my admittedly wishful hypothesis that the bolt (since it is NOT from another L42A1 or an Enforcer but IS correctly proofed for an L42A!) was mated to the receiver during overhaul, and the system was simply boxed and shipped for disposal after the orders arrived, without wasting time renumbering the bolt or refinishing the scope mount, since it was headed for the chipper anyway.