Your rifle was made for West Malaysia. From the factory, it would have had the plain phosphate finish, and coachwood furniture with laminate handguards. The finish change to black stoving paint took place the following year.
From what I've seen in pictures, some FTR'd rifles had the serial number ground off and reapplied in whatever size and mode was standard of the day (e.g. inverted after 1971, or [on the upper] aligned with the forward edge of the lightening cut on the magazine well) with "FTR XX" below it. E.g. an older rifle rebuilt in 1972 would have had an inverted serial number with "FTR 72" below it. Whether that was unique to Lithgow, or also used at the base-level rebuild facilities, I don't know.2. Were these guns FTRed and if so how were they marked?
Australia did not use Maranyl beyond testing. What West Malaysia may have done, I don't know. However, I understand the combination you describe was common on British3. Did the Australians use marynyl furniture? Would the wood and plastic be mixed on the same rifle? As it sits now my rifle has a wood stock and grip with UK plastic handguards. Would this have been an approved configuration?rifles (those not rebuilt with full Maranyl) in later years.
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