As-issued Lithgow #3 - or #3*

[bob4wd]

Attached are (or should be!) some pics of an old SMLE I've had for 30 years or more. It's really beat-up, obviously spent some time in a sharp-toothed vise at some point, but except for a long crack on the bottom of the forend, is pretty sound. All numbers match, including the buttstock. Now that I've learned a thing or two (but nowhere's near enough) about milsurps, I have a couple of questions for the experts.
Is it a #3 or is it a #3*? It's been both, which one is it now? Should it have a magazine cutoff?
What do you make of the notches cut in the bottom of the stock? Kills? Handling dings?
Thanks all.
Ok, that didn't work.
Moderator- you want to delete this while I figure out my next move!

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