Lithgow HT Sniper Pics

[Homer]

Yeah I've just had a quick look at a number of like stamps in my photos and there's minor inconsistencies with all of them. There's no HT's among them but a dozen or more post war refurbs and No2 MkIV conversions that were marked the same.

[Tom Jackson]

My No.1 MKIII* H.T. (short bracket) rifle, serial no. 45318, has the same "R/MA" markings over "7 / 45" date and is in the same condition as the pictured rifle. My assumption was the 7/45 date was the date the rifle was sent to stores.
I would be interested to know how many N.1 MKIII* H.T. rifles are in the U.S. A good friend owns a short bracket rifle and I have a medium bracket rifle serial no. 46571 with cheek-piece. All three of these rifles have matching scopes.

[Son]

My No.1 MKIII* H.T. (short bracket) rifle, serial no. 45318, has the same "R/MA" markings over "7 / 45" date and is in the same condition as the pictured rifle. My assumption was the 7/45 date was the date the rifle was sent to stores.
I would be interested to know how many N.1 MKIII* H.T. rifles are in the U.S. A good friend owns a short bracket rifle and I have a medium bracket rifle serial no. 46571 with cheek-piece. All three of these rifles have matching scopes.

Hello Tom. My survey spreadsheet now has info on just over 200 rifles (including yours) and from those that I know of, I can say there is at least 18 in the US. That figure is just under 9% of the survey responses, so I suppose it wouldn't be a stretch to say possibly as many as 9% of the total production? That would put the number at about 140.... Hmmmm... probably no way of ever knowing for sure.

[mrclark303]

Beautiful rifle, very jealous!