1916 LSA Sht. LE III

[JerryEAL]

I found out what the C stamp in a rectangle means with the help of the LIBRARY here. "stored for use on conversions".

Next question. My thought is now, conversion to what? from an MKIII to the MKIII* ????

[5thBatt]

Still marked as a III & still retains the cutoff, so no to being converted to MkIII*, the Volley sights, windage adjustable rear sight etc (or lack of) have nothing to do with a rifles status as a MkIII or MkIII* what make a MkIII a MkIII is the presence of the cutoff.

[Brit plumber]

.22 mkiv?

[A square 10]

the bayonet looks to be a P1907 [although a full length photo might shed more light] and it is wearing P13/M17 grip scales which are wrong , but understandable if someone does not "know" their history , fit would be right as the P13 is a duplication of the P1907 fitted with a different crossguard/muzzle ring , its an easy "fix" ,

as noted a lot of stuff has been 'wiped away' on it , im guessing extensive cleaning