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04-12-2025 01:31 PM
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Nice find, I'm sure you noticed that not being III* marked while missing the cutoff and having the later beech forend would tend to indicate a restoration from a sporter by someone.
The different font and overall appearance suggests the nosecap was also numbered at a different time than the magazine etc.
Minor points though for such an early rifle. The butt looks like it has been there a long time, so the fact that the marking disc inlet has been plugged might indicate something about its history.
Windage backsight with bone grips? Maybe take off the rear handguard and have a look at the barrel date?
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The barrel serial number matches the rest of the rifle. I hate taking the rear handguards off as I'm afraid of breaking them. I don't think it had been recently removed as there was a bit of cosmoline
on the barrel. I think this an Arsenal reconditioned rifle, as according to page 6 of Stratton, "Many (perhaps most) early Mk III rifles were "arsenal reconditioned" at which time the volley sights were often removed and new furniture was often installed."
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Originally Posted by
Neuraleanus
The barrel serial number matches the rest of the rifle. I hate taking the rear handguards off as I'm afraid of breaking them. I don't think it had been recently removed as there was a bit of
cosmoline on the barrel. I think this an Arsenal reconditioned rifle, as according to page 6 of Stratton, "Many (perhaps most) early Mk III rifles were "arsenal reconditioned" at which time the volley sights were often removed and new furniture was often installed."
Could be, though wasn't the SOP that the "III" be changed to "III*" when the cutoff was removed?
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Originally Posted by
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Could be, though wasn't the SOP that the "III" be changed to "III*" when the cutoff was removed?
Good question. I have a another rifle, a Mk III* rebuilt using Indian furniture. The important distinction is the receiver. There is no slot for the magazine cutoff.
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As I recall, the 111+* also ditched the rear-sight windage adjustment in favour of a "fixed "aperture cap".
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