I am about to start my next restoration project and could use a little guidance.

It is a Canadianicon issued 1916 BSA Sht LE Mk III (not III*). I would like to restore it back to as-issued configuration complete with volley (long range) sights, but am not sure it would be appropriate for the year of manufacture. I understand the Mk III* was approved in January of 1916 and the associated List of Changes stated with regard to the Mk III “In future manufacture, rifles of the above-mentioned pattern may embody any of the following modifications:

(a) The omission of long range sights (dial and aperture) ……..”

Choice of the word “may” implies that rifles equipped with long range sights could have been produced well beyond early 1916. I believe they were, but have nothing concrete to base that on.

What are your thoughts?
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