Lithgow buttstock? "PAGE"

[Garandy]

http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll373/AndrewG1957/lithgow080.jpg
I looked under my 1944 Lithgow's buttplate..found "PAGE", Must be someones name?
Anyone seen this before?

[Garandy]

From another Enfield site..Enfield rifles.com
From another collector;
"Funny, I have that same stamp on my Lithgow SMLE MK III* Dated 1941 that I just got...was wondering the same?"
Now we know of 2 PAGE marked Lithgow buttstocks, under butt plate

[John Sukey]

Another supplier?

[Garandy]

Im assuming another supplier, we will have to see if any more are reported..this butt stock isnt marked SLAZ [as is the foreend, Slaz 43] if it was Slazengers, I would expect to see their mark, as this is near new condition

[Garandy]

According to Joe Salter, the veteran who previously owned these rifles, was named "Page", he must have marked them under the buttplate

[John Sukey]

And if you believe that................

[MJ1]

LOL,,have another cold one

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/montereyjack/7ab816df.jpg

[Garandy]

You might want to rethink that..I just found out the other "PAGE" rifle was also sold by Joe Salter, that rifles buyer told me it came from an older gentlemans collection...coincidence?

[JB White]

According to Joe Salter, the veteran who previously owned these rifles, was named "Page", he must have marked them under the buttplate

Before going any further, a vet from what country and what timeframe? What does his veteran status have do do with a Lithgow? Too many nowdays love tossing that V-word around in their sales hype so don't let that influence you one bit.

For what it's worth, I have some inherited arms from a different veteran who also put his name beneath the buttplates. What does it mean? It means he was my favorite uncle who taught me how to hunt and fish and work with my hands when I was a youngster. He bought me my first two-wheeler bike. Got me my first go-cart. His name means a ton to me but to anyone else his name is just a previous owners scrawlings beneath the buttplate.

Now if what you heard is true and not speculation, then you may want to get as much info on the previous owner as possible. I doubt the odds are in your favor of finding any historical significance as far as others are concerned. However knowing the trail will mean more to you as the current owner. A sort of bonding ritual. :)

[John Sukey]

It is possible, but the marking just looks too much like a factory stamp.

[Garandy]

Read this thread about Mr. Page, and WW2
http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=677391

[JB White]

It would be interesting to find out. A captured Jap rifle and a stolen Aussie rifle? (I'm smiling here. :) )

I've always wondered about a certain theater knife I own. It's the former British P'88 next to the modified 1905 Ross shown here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/JBWhite/Bayonets/003-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/JBWhite/Bayonets/004-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/JBWhite/Bayonets/006.jpg

I have no way of knowing whether it was done in theater or if it was a later Boy Scout craft project. I wish it could talk.

[Garandy]

Joe Salter confirmed, it was Fred Page

[DeWayne Hayes]

Doesn't look like a factory stamp to me. The letters are slightly crooked, indicating a hand stamp with individual letters. I have a set of steel letter/number stamps like this and it's indeed very difficult to stamp a word or name with the letters in perfect alignment. To me, it looks like something an owner might have done to personalize.

DeWayne

[Dan in NY]

Another PAGE thread...on here...

http://www.jouster.com/forums/showthread.php?18763-Butt-Trap-Treasures/page3

[Garandy]

Thanks Dan, I sent Lance a PM