L42A1 with unusual fore end?

[RobD]

I have just taken possession of this L42A1. I would be grateful for comments from the experts, especially Peter Laidler.
The fore end is clearly not from a No4 Mk1, yet it is numbered to the rifle. Was substitution of Mk 2 style fore-ends allowed when these rifles were manufactured?

The cheekpiece is a repro. The rifle number is AR10097; note the last digit is lightly struck - Simon ("Service to L42A1 and Enforcers sticky") writes: ""Rifle AR10097 doesn't appear in the records, however there is an AR1009 (could be a typo?) which was part of batch number 48 which consisted of 40 rifles and was sent to store at Donnington on the 30th December 1971".

I'd appreciate any comments about the rifle, especially its originality.

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