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[30Three]

Forgive me if I'm wrong; but I thought the L42and L39 wood was basically a cut down from the standard No4 wood set.(Mk1 for the L42 and Mk2 for the L39).
Surely it would not be that complicated to find a good No4 set and shorten it to the correct length. Is there anything special with regard to bedding?

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[bigduke6]

Forgive me if I'm wrong; but I thought the L42and L39 wood was basically a cut down from the standard No4 wood set.(Mk1 for the L42 and Mk2 for the L39).
Surely it would not be that complicated to find a good No4 set and shorten it to the correct length. Is there anything special with regard to bedding?

Fore-ends yes, hand guards no, The hand guard is longer than a standard No4, it providers the channel for barrel band plus has approx the same width of the band at the end, pic below in link, also you can see a repair on the fore-end as Peter describes in one of his articles.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...42A1-Large.png

[cml]

Forgive me if I'm wrong; but I thought the L42and L39 wood was basically a cut down from the standard No4 wood set.(Mk1 for the L42 and Mk2 for the L39).
Surely it would not be that complicated to find a good No4 set and shorten it to the correct length. Is there anything special with regard to bedding?

Here's what happens if you just shorten a no4 fore-end (not done by me!)

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