Need help identifying LEC markings

[LongThomas]

Please add the pictures.

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[LongThomas]

The buttstock I mentioned was on a very badly rusted 1900 LEC 1* action, which I mainly bought for said buttstock. I've acquired about 4 sporterised carbines now in order to put together a mostly original NZ Carbine (LEC/88). As shown in the photos; the NZ carbine is an NZ stamped 1903 LEC 1*, action serial number 1618, the bolt was 1530 was has been crossed out and numbered 1618 to match the receiver (I'm guessing an arsenal job). The barrel on the receiver when I bought it was off an SMLE, but my next sporter carbine had an original barrel but the receiver had had the numbers and markings ground off. So, that barrel (serial 1406) is now on the first receiver. The stock shown in the photos has sadly been cut down and the nosecap had the bayonet boss ground off. I have welded an MLE bayonet lug back on (ruining said MLE nosecap in the process, heresy, I know). I also have a complete reproduction stock on order, however I will probably cut off the appropriate length of the repro stock and splice it onto the too-short original one. The top wood shown is also repro. The thing with the NZ carbine (LEC/88) is that only 1500 complete rifles were made, with another 250 or so barrelled actions being sent over here afterwards, therefore there weren't even enough stocks to go around the number of barrelled actions back then, 120 years ago. So now, naturally, evener fewer stocks survive compared to the number of barrels/receivers.
Now it looks like this latest buttstock is actually from a British cavalry carbine, not an NZ mounted rifles one, but given how scarce both types are I will stick it on the carbine for the time being, the butt on the one in the photo is an MLE stock that someone has mocked up to look like an LEC by shortening the butt plate tang and splicing in a wood piece to make up the gap.

---------- Post added at 09:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:10 PM ----------

Oh, and can I register my disgust at the fact that scrolling over the 'NZ' in my above post comes up with a blurb saying "Click the link to view the Australia section"
https://www.milsurps.com/images/smilies/lol.gif

Imagine being South Korean and someone calling you North Korean, or being Scottish and being called English, or being Canadian and being accusing of being a yank. =D