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Ireland let a contract to BSA for 79 telescopic sighted rifles over the period 1935 to 1938. Apparently BSA made new Pattern 1918 telescopic sights for the order. The mount leg has the Irish Government mark of FF in a circle. These represent 3% of production.
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Jesus Christ, no wonder they turn up so little if so many are with you! Yours might be the first ones which I had seen which are not reblued and not sanded! Did any of your rifles came with the matching number transit chest?
Edit: and by the way, first time I see one of the Irish contract with a cheek pad!
No chest but I do have a couple of the special canvas carrying case for the detached telescopic sight.
Nice, nice rifles. I'd love to shoot one some time to see...
I do not believe in having to shoot all antiques. There have been forum entries where Pattern 1914 snipers were taken out and shot with the result that the scopes were destroyed as some of the internals had aged to the point that some internals fell apart.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Sorry, not a native speaker .. I of course meant the canvas carrying cases. Do you have the matching numbers scope cases to them? Or would you mind letting me know the serials of your scope cases? I have one of the Irish contract cases too, with that little number out there we might be able to mate them back to the matching number rifles.
Sorry but most accessories are in long term storage and darned hard to get to.
I tend to agree, we've discussed all that and I think it's tragic to damage an irreplaceable piece. I'd just like to know... I won't even shoot a firearm I have for sale as I don't want anything else to befall it while it waits...Quote:
Originally Posted by breakeyp
If you ever happen to dig them out, please let me know! And I agree with not having to shoot everything. Not only from the point of possibly destrying something, but also from the point of having too little time to shoot everything, plus not wanting to first zero at the shooting range every time I'm there and having to get used to each gun every time. And I also don't want to have to give each gun a perfect cleaning after shooting, I'd rather do this with the same 5 guns every time..
Most of the Irish contract rifles I have seen (about five) have the original blue finish - some but not all of the stocks have been sanded. On the other hand the British rifles with PP scopes I have seen have all been refinished and have sanded stocks. It appeared to me that the British refinished many of their rifles in the post WWI period and at least some of these rifles were used to fill the Irish contract (with BAS scopes) while the balance were new rifles. Some of the auction descriptions I have seen - including the rifle I bought several years ago were not accurate.