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Old 03-09-2011, 06:47 PM
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It could be a good project rifle to put back to original form. The early ones with the volley sights and cut-off are getting hard to find.

Does it still have the rear volly site staff on the left side of the receiver?
Bore condition, headspace, condition of the butt stock (original butt plate?, repairs, splices in the wood?), original magazine?, does the bolt function correctly (many old No1 rifles are worn to the point where the bolt head slips off the guide rail during operation), is the bolt a matching ser# to the receiver.
Lots of questions to answer before a final value can be placed on it I think.

It'll need front and rear hand guards and a rear sight protector (wings). The forend could be fixed by splicing a front piece to the cut off original,,hiding the splice under the front band.
That saves coming up with a very hard to find early style forend that was made for the volley sight, but you still need a forend to get the front end from.
Nose cap and the assorted screws and hardware in the forend needed also..
LSA kept the cut-off later than the other mfg'rs of the No1. It looks like the cut-off plate itself is missing on the rifle, the slot being empty(?). A plate and it's attaching screw is needed then.

A windage adj. rear site would would be a real nice accessory on it but if the rifle was converted to MkIII* from MkIII, then either the original adj site could be pinned in place or replaced altogether.
The cut-off would have been removed in the conversion also. Sometimes they mearly removed the volley ft site 'pin' and the rear staff in the '*' upgrade.

LSA parts are marked with an 'X' to denote the factory if you're getting real picky in hunting down parts to restore.

A bbl date that matches the receiver date of 1918 would be a plus to someone thinking of restoring it. The bbl date is usually on the left side of the bbl right up close to the receiver and is generally punched in as '18 along with a boat load of proof marks and inspectors stamps.
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