Markings ??

If you are mechanically inclined, you can also get a replacement rear stock band and butt stock online and convert it to a sporter keeping the 303 barrel.

Rear stock band installation tips:

http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=29605

A square 10 wrote: "...another thing is that handguards might bring in a few bucks from a colector in need of them to offset cost of 'fixing this up'"

Only the top rear hand guard is of any use to someone like myself... a purist. It would be worth in the region of the $20 mark. The other two to me are already junk. However, for someone else wanting to destroy a perfectly good rifle, they might be able to find a good use for them.

Would this fit into a enfield 1917 would sporter stock ?? There's one up for auction on gunbroker right now for $45 ??

Would a P14 stock work instead?

Sagittarius...

Although the chaps here have all manner of suggestions and thoughts about what can, could, and can't be done with your skeletal, and much chopped SMLE. At the end of the day, to begin with, looking realistically, you are going to need to search out a qualified gunsmith. Whilst all of our suggestions are well meaning, I personally would not like to think that something I mentioned, could lead to an accident.

Your item has been very well vandalised, and it will not be simply a case of just slipping the action into an available stock, securing it up, then out to the range with it. For one point, I can see a lot of $$$$'s involved. Unfortunately, the gunsmith may be your only option here. Then, once the financial side of bringing the piece back to shooting prowess has been discussed... you'll need to make a realistic decision = Is it worth it? I've been mulling over all possibly options, and to be honest, much as I hate saying this... I would look for a working sporterised. There are plenty of them for sale. One can normally pick them up for around $300, sometimes cheaper.

With what your going to have to do on this project..... 1) Fabricate a new means of securing the action, 2) Install working safety system, 3) Obtain 'Bespoke' STOCK... and that's only the beginning. We don't even know if the item is safe to fire as yet!

There was a "fad" of doing this back in the 70's IIRC. Supposedly the 2-piece stock was lacking in accuracy potential so several target rifles were offered with this 1-piece conversion.

I think that this is a case that is beyond hope. I very nice No4 Mk1 or new commercial sporter could be had for much less than it would cost to make it a shooter. You could sell the salvagable parts to Numrich or on Ebay.