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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger
1924 Lithgow. Matching serials on the reciever, bolt, stock and forewood. It's a No 1 marked as a No III*. It has the slot on the right hand side for the magazine cut-off which from my limited reading was reintroduced in the inter-war period.
Interestingly the woods been stamped for the 3rd miltary district (Victoria) and then over struck with the 4th (South Australia) (Both the victorian 2nd/14th and the South Australian -2nd/27th served on the Kokoda Track alongside my Dad's battalion. So you never know it could of been up that way.)
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I have only two SMLE MkIII*, both from 1917, and one of them is probably one meant for the Bantam battalion, which had a slightly shorter buttstock (a pair of inches). Lovely gun, the bore has seen better days, but all in all it's worth it.
08-12-2012, 08:47 AM
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