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Original or Repro Forend ?
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07-09-2022 11:23 AM
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Not sure about the upper mark, but the lower one is the broad-arrow within a U, which denotes South African ownership/production
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Is the upper mark the Australian "Star"?
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It's common South African contract beech. I know that stuff all too well. It's a job to fit but comes out perfect as long as the barrel channel is mostly straight! My question to our SA and UK brothers is was it manufactured on contract in the UK or in South Africa? No one seems to know.
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I have my doubt we ever manufactured wood for No 4 rifles. Possibly No 1 early WWII when we didn't have broomsticks to fight with. Terry would know the detail I believe.
I think the No 4 Mk II rifles were delivered late forties with spares.
If it is no 1 wood, when we could still buy a No 1 from government stores, we got spare wood with it. This didn't happen with No 4 rifles.
The new 'government' was horrified to realise soldiers could buy a rifle from government stores - arming the population as we didn't differentiate race in the sales, stopped it summarily and sold off all LE stuff, I believe at a give away price. Nowadays the 'government' would destroy all such and not sell it.
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Thanks for the replies Guys.
Daan Kemp. The wood is for a No4 MK 1.
Regards Lee
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There has been a lot of this woodwork floating about over the years on both sides of the pond. I've also wondered about when & where it was manufactured. So far as I remember on all of the sets I've seen, the metal furniture (nose cap etc) is generally dated as late as 1967 (IIRC).
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[QUOTE=Roger Payne;518455]There has been a lot of this woodwork floating about over the years on both sides of the pond. I've also wondered about when & where it was manufactured. So far as I remember on all of the sets I've seen, the metal furniture (nose cap etc) is generally dated as late as 1967 (IIRC).[/QUOTE
Hi Roger
No markings on metal.
Regards Chubbs
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Thanks Chubbs. I was speaking from memory there..................they may not all be marked, or it may have been the metal reinforcements for the front guards that I'm thinking of. The markings CE 1967 seem to stick in my mind.......but may be wrong!
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