CE1957

[Roger Payne]

It obviously must be a replacement having a 1967 date, but without more information it is difficult to say under what circumstances it was replaced. It could be a rifle that went to South Africa & was refurbished whilst in service there, but it could just as easily have been done by a civvy, as lots of this wood has been released onto the surplus market over the years. If you could get a few photo's it might help with further advice.

ATB.

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[Alan de Enfield]

It obviously must be a replacement having a 1967 date, but without more information it is difficult to say under what circumstances it was replaced. It could be a rifle that went to South Africa & was refurbished whilst in service there, but it could just as easily have been done by a civvy, as lots of this wood has been released onto the surplus market over the years. If you could get a few photo's it might help with further advice.

ATB.

A few years ago I found a (UK) surplus-dealer who had bought a number of pallet-boxes of the CE1967 complete sets of furniture, he must have had 1000's, I bought a 'few' from him and in fact sold my last 4 sets to the USA last year.

I hand selected them all to include the L length of butt and were colour matching. They were not expensive as I don't think he realised how many he had bought.