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**Mike Irwin** · August 10, 2002, 03:34 PM

Unless I miss my guess, it's not a No. 1 Mk III*, as the cocking piece is completely wrong. By the time the Mk III* was adopted, the cocking piece had been changed to the flat ribbed piece with an enclosed screw.

I'm thinking that this one is a No 1 Mk II or No. 1 Mk III of early vintage, before the cocking piece was changed.

August 10, 2002, 03:34 PM	#3
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,379	Unless I miss my guess, it's not a No. 1 Mk III, as the cocking piece is completely wrong. By the time the Mk III was adopted, the cocking piece had been changed to the flat ribbed piece with an enclosed screw. I'm thinking that this one is a No 1 Mk II or No. 1 Mk III of early vintage, before the cocking piece was changed. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.