Lee Enfield No1 MkIII made at Standard Small Arms (SSA)

I will stole my own thread here... I am currently working on two sporterized No1 MkIII*. One is belonging to me and the second one belongs to the Museum. The project to restore the Museum's rifle is to make a copy of a well know rifle. Then, once restored, this rifle will be neutralize to be send in school and places where you can't use an active rifle. I would like to know if any of you may tell me where to find or help me to find a cracked or unusable forestock and front handguard for the Museum. This is not for my personal use, it for a really good cause.

Thanks.

Martin
 
Just to make sure everyone is on the same page, just because a No 1 Mk III* was manufactured in the UK, that doesn't mean that it was not Canadian issued. Canada didn't make the No 1 Mk III or Mk III*. The rifles that were Canadian issued were built in the UK, sent over here, then stamped with the C broad arrow marking to indicate Canadian war department ownership. This is typically marked at the front/top of the receiver and usually on the butt stock. I will also note that I have never seen an Australian or Indian manufactured No 1 Mk III with Canadian markings, only British rifles.
 
I hope I'm not confusing people about the canadian markings ans all that. It may be my poor English writing skill... One thing is sure, the rifle I want to restore for me (my Dad's rifle) does not have the canadian markings on it. The question which I found really hard to answer is, is that the weapons were all marked systematically by the Canadian war department when issued to the Canadian troops?

Martin
 
I'm not sure that they were C^ for WWI use. I was told only after WWI they were C^ marked and that the WWI Canadian issued ones weren't C^ marked because we didn't own them. They were lent to us by Britain to replace our Ross rifles.
 
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