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If anyone is familiar with regimental cartouches, perhaps you can help me. There is a 3/4" diameter circle embossed on the buttstock of my early BSA Shirley (s/n A11XX) with a broad arrow in the center (maybe that should be centre given what I'm speaking of) with 512 above the arrow and 275 below it. Any thoughts?
Terry:dunno:
Thats NOT a regimental mark.
Isn't that one type of Indian inspection mark?
Specifics are unknown, but it is an Indian mark----I've seen it on Ishapore rifles and the painted P14s that came out of there.
-----krinko
Thanks, that explains the DREADED ISHAPORE SCREW!! What was that old fable, Hansel and Grettel, in which they left bread crumbs to find their way back. I have found this old BSA's way back.
Terry
Terry,
according to Bob Edwards who wrote India's Enfields, the mark you describe is a "stores mark" with the bottom number of 275 signifying February 1975