Transitional No.4 T?

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Markings on early-mid war snipers has been non-standard but just picked this girl up that seems like it was set up in the transition.

As you can see it has the inspector stamp on the rear of the receiver and the "TR" but lacks the "T" and the "S" stamp. The butt is original matching the rifle as was paired with a '43 Kershaw Mk I s/n 7975 (unfortunately missing, anyone have her?).

The pads have been staked, so it was through someone after mid-late '44. One would thick it was an incomplete rifle that was later paired with a scope, but why a '43 Mk I scope and why the missing "S" stamp? Maybe it is an incomplete that was finished later? Opinions?

The rifle as a whole is pretty much original with a "rare" SM43 marked rear sight, matching bolt and forend, unmodified trigger guard. Purchased it with a mismatched original mount and a mismatched '44 Watson Mk I.

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