Maltby with early bolt?

The serial numbers are in the wrong font on both the wristsocket and bolt. The slabside of the reciever has been scrubbed as well. You are overthinking this and trying to correlate something to this rifle to make it all match up. The rifle for lack of better terminology is a "Bitster." It has been put together using whatever pieces were available, scrubbed of all identifiable stamps and then restamped to make it appear, "correct." Those early cocking pieces were pretty much designated for the Savage and some Long Branch rifles prior to 1942. The bottom line here however is that, if you like the rifle, buy the rifle.  There is an old saying. "Buy the rifle, Not the story." And just to be clear here. The following photo is of a Maltby made rifle. The serial number is in the correct font and looks like it was stamped by a blind monkey. The rifle you have shown to us and  according to the serial number was made at the Fazakerley factory...

Until recently I had a Savage sporter which had the same font style serial numbers and A L prefix which indicates it had gone through India; a lot ended up in South Africa and now here. I also read that not all had the A L prefex.

A lot of these have been turning up here in Canada, most are bitsters as was mine.

I`m putting my eggs in the Post WW2 India basket.

I paid $250 last yr and sold it for $350. It had parts from every manufacturer on it, quite a collection.