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Paid retail for this, which is not the usual thing---but it is a 1947 dated M47C.
Pre-68 import, but had a bore stuffed with grease. Some collectors store them that way---so it means nothing, I suppose. Bright bore, matching numbers and overall excellant condition.
-----krinko
WOW I’ve got your rifles twin sister.
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I've got BK2868 - also "as new" condition. I wonder if a couple of pallets of these late BSAs were surplussed off in new condition in recent years?
I had a BJ-xxxx in Malaya. A lot of the later ones had this orangy stained pale wood that was always quite soft but easy to patch repair.
Hey guys i have BK2513 in the UK Its a minter too !!!! The imperial War Museum in London has a BK25xx serial numbered rifle too !
If so many stayed in Blighty, that would explain the thin population in the States.
There's one in Australia, too.
-----krinko
Not so sure!! Mine is reported to be from the states, I bought two described as "un fired". Not quite true but still pretty well spankers. One is my BSA BK2513 and the other was a ROF 1947 dated, also mint but with a shorter butt and a slightly lighter colour. Both came from the USA and had fresh new UK proof marks on them.
I have a minty one in Canada too, but mines from that other factory! :thup:
Sorry, but what's M47C mean? My No.5 MK.1 is also a '47, but I guess it's a Fazakerly (sp?)? So much to learn.....
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M47 was the wartime 'secret' code for BSAQuote:
Originally Posted by rondog
M47A was the Small heath factory
M47B was the Redditch, Worcester or Hereford factory
M47C was the Shirley factory