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have a line on one of these, but can't find production figures on lithgow rifles. i know they scaled production down until 1941, is this year considered pretty hard to find? i know it's the first 20's dated lithgow i've seen in a while. y'all have a good day! Keith

Lithgow No.1 mark III production for the 20's was:

1920 20,420
1921 14,440
1922 2,700
1923 3,320
1924 3,140
1925 2,760
1926 3,000
1927 3,200
1928 3,200
1929 340

Keith, I've never come across a 1920's Lithgow so guess they are hard to find. I would guess that most between the war production was better quality as there was less production pressure.

Here are Lithgow's 1930's production numbers:

1930 0
1931 0
1932 0
1933 0
1934 500
1935 1,141
1936 900
1937 421
1938 860
1939 3,480

and then the 40's....

1940 35,040
1941 82,098
1942 136,262
1943 113,460
1944 38,310

1953-1956 1,000 (all marked as 1953 on receiver S/N F39581-F40580

looks like a 29 or a 37 would be as rare as the HAK revolvers , and i can see the 20s and 30s are as rare as mkVs , sounds like a great catch to me

wow, had no idea they had made that few. had just heard that they scaled production way back and had made other things to keep the factory open.
had seen a 1923 before, but passed because i felt the price was too high for a mismatched bolt. this one, however, was only 150 bucks and is on the way now.

thanks for the info, y'all have a good day! Keith

good for you - show us the photos