I apologize for the long first post and thank you to any help/info that is provided.

I've wanted to buy a US or UKicon WWI or WWII rifle for years, but spending on other hobbies got in the way. At the end of last year I decided to finally take the plunge and roll the dice and I bought a No 4 Mk I from Royal Tiger Imports. Unfortunately, I don't think I was very lucky. Hopefully I at least have a shoot-able rifle worth owning, even if I overpaid. From what I can tell, my rifle appears to be a total "bitsa"; e.g. bits and parts from several different rifles. The action works smoothly and there are no obvious defects.

Here is what I found as far as serial numbers and markings and limited research. I've taken quite afew pictures, but they are not very good, so I'll have to wait for a sunny day to take better pics outdoors. I'll try describing what I can see. I'll start from the back and go forward:

Band above/behind the trigger group and in front of the grip has a PF serial number that seems to indicate post-war ROF Fazakerly production.

Back of Bolt handle: is B17927 which would seem to indicate ROF Maltby circa '41-42.

Rear site: is milled with a 1300 yard max. It has a blocky "S" or maybe a number 5 on the top left as well as on top of the round adjustment knob. Is it "S" for Savage?

Magazine has 2 numbers on the spine: E7931 is on the raised portion that catches on the release and L8913 above that. I have no reference for these.

Receiver:
appears to have been scrubbed of markings on the left hand side. Under bright light and magnification, there are remnants, but I can't tell what they are.
Viewed from the top, under the area where the rear site folds down, there is what appears to be a small crown on the left, top surface of the receiver.
At the front of the receiver, on the top of the rounded part, there is a "V" or arrow pointing forward.
Fore-end of the stock, on the bottom, just behind the front band, there are the faint remnants of a number running perpendicular to the direction of the barrel.

The front band is marked with a "P" over "61" which would seem to indicate POFicon 1961.

The barrel is still filthy, but looking down it from the chamber, the rifling is visible. I am still new to this, but from pics I have looked at on-line, I would guess it is a 5 groove barrel as it does not look like the photos of 2 groove barrels I have seen.

I'll post some pics once I get a chance to take more in good sunlight. The forecast for tomorrow looks promising.

Of course I would have loved to have received a WWII era matching numbers gun, but won't be too disappointed with a decent shooter that has some WWII era parts.

My original plan was to take the rifle to a gunsmith for disassembly, inspection and thorough cleaning. I am trying to discern if that is still worthwhile or if it would be throwing good money after bad.

I'm in the DC area, so would also welcome any recommendations for gunsmiths in the this area that know these guns.

Again, any information and advice is greatly appreciated.
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