BSA&M 1896 Mk 1 Club Pattern

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Well, its been a long while since I posted anything new here, but I got lucky in the Enfield department the last few weeks, and managed to pick up a BSA&M 1896 Mk 1 cut down to club pattern, and a 1905 No.1 Mk I*** Irish Export rifle that is correct and original. I will post pics of sometime this week, but will start with the Club Pattern...

Always wanted a "Long Tom", but never even have seen one in the wild...a buddy of mine bought this in a batch of guns he bought from one of his regulars, and I had to have it...

So, mainly reading from what I can find on this site, it is a 1896 MLE Mk.1 cut down to Australian Club Pattern.

This one has its original barrel, which was turned down to accept the front site. It is missing the handguard (I have a spare No.1 MkIII rear handguard that I think can be modified to fit), and the rear sight leaf was butchered for some reason, as you can see...

Otherwise, its good to go, has an original early mag with link to attach to gun (although the link on the trigger guard was cut off), and the volley sights, front and rear...proper complete bolt with dust cover...

Here are some initial detail pics...will post more later...

So, questions...am I correct in that I can use a modified handguard to replace the missing one? Does anyone have a contact or place that might have a rear sight leaf so I can replace the buggered up one? Are the trigger guards the same as No.1 Mk III's? I would like to replace it with one that has the little link loop if possible....

Anything interesting to glean from the pics so far?

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