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blackisler
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by blackisler » Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:00 pm
nice rifles ,thanks for sharing them.
Rob.
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by bradtx » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:20 am
Adam, Mk.III* or Mk.III. Lovely P14.
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by dromia » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:49 am
Away Brad, surely you know the difference by now. Volley sights, cutoff its a MK111.

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Apologies for the confusion it is a Mk111, did the post around the same time as I did the one about my possibly early BSA Mk111* hence my typing confusion, that combined with being stupid.

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by bradtx » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:00 am
Adam, I felt that is what it was. Stupid? Hardly!!!
From the king of typos and clipped sentences! (We don't want to discuss my picture posting challenges, do we Mr. 'Let's re-edit <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>another</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> of Brad's photos?')
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by Tom May » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:36 pm
The Mk III is a Lithgow, dated 1914, (numbers matching),on walnut (which pleased me) - I've wanted a MkIII for years.
The P14 (apparently a Winchester) was an 'impulse buy', the dealer had one for sale, the FAC had a space, the money was available and I couldn't see a CLLE coming my way in the immediate future, so why not? (The mauser action feels clumsey after the smooth repeat of an SMLE though).
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by Flaith » Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:16 pm
Nice rifles indeed and a Lithgow with such an early date is rare in itself, let alone having matching numbers. Most early L'gows had walnut, I don't remember if it came from England finished or if the blanks were imported.
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