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Old April 21, 2014, 06:46 PM   #23
gyvel
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It was made By Savage Arms in Chicopee MA as a No4 Mk1. That is slightly rarer then the later No4 Mk1*
If you take a closer look at the lined out ID on the body, it actually started life as a No. 4 Mk 1*. Also the fact that it is relabeled as a "No4 M1/3" identifies it as originally being a No. 4 Mk 1*. When No 4s were upgraded to No. 4 Mk 2 standards after WWII they were relabeled as follows: All No. 4 Mk1 became No. 4 Mk 1/2; All No. 4 Mk 1* became No. 4 Mk 1/3.

The "C" in the serial number is indicative of manufacture at Chicopee Falls, Mass by Savage Arms, who made close to 1,500,000 rifles for Great Britain.

The "United States Property" has been obliterated for some unknown reason, most likely by some entity that was not friendly towards the U.S.
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