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G'Day,
I have attached a photo taken from Jay Currah's web site of a 1915 BSA that has been sporterised. I have seen a rifle that looked identical to this one here in Australia. Was this a commercial conversion done by the factory? What made it standout to me was the different buttstock used.
Thanks,
Rastis.
Looks to me like a standard military butt with the bottom of the grip rounded off, a common feature on home-brewed sporters.
Here's another one the same, this time on a 1917 Enfield action.
Rifle Identificatin - Enfield-Rifles.com - Page 1
Rastis.
I have several butts here just the same; this country is lousy with them, all made out of really nice SMLE butts..... out in Bubba's garage.
You fellows in OZ are so very lucky; you had an actual FACTORY which made these. We never made the SMLE in Canada.
In the early 1960's Interarmco (Interarms) purchased the British gunsmithing firm, Cogswell & Harrison. The were then charged with converting Smith & Wesson .38 S&W revolvers to .38 Special and .22 rf. They also converted No.1 MkIII rifles to a sporterized version. The sporters had a black painted tip on the shortened forestock and a sheet metal ramp that fits around the front sight. These are legitimate sporters and we should think twice before altering or parting them out.