[MarkIII]

Am I correct in assuming this is an Australian Lithgow rifle?

Marked as follow:

G.P.
M.
1943
Sht LE
III (with a small star)



Thanks for your time

[krinko]

This is the standard buttsocket mark for a WW2 Lithgow---

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL165/1109208/2392750/392455770.jpg


This is probably what you have---made by BSA in small shops "dispersed" around Birmingham to avoid the Luftwaffe and subsquently known as a "Dispersal Rifle"---

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL165/1109208/2392750/392455769.jpg
-----krinko

[MarkIII]

Thanks! That cleared it right up. The second photo is exactly what I've got.

Appreciate it.