Recently acquired the rifle noted above. Receiver bucket left side has BSA's B stamp, 1941 date, Crown Property broad arrow, serial number without letter prefix in BSA's 10,000 range with A suffix -...
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Recently acquired the rifle noted above. Receiver bucket left side has BSA's B stamp, 1941 date, Crown Property broad arrow, serial number without letter prefix in BSA's 10,000 range with A suffix -...
Recently acquired a 1955 dated Type 53. Stock's fairly well dinged and looks as if it'd been submerged in axle grease for a while - no big deal, I'll get it cleaned up. After an awful lot of...
Frederick 303: As usual, what was going on between my ears didn't end up in quite the same form when typed out. Didn't mean to say I took your post as saying Ross MkIIs were relatively common in...
Not surprising to hear they're relatively common in eastern PA. Still, in my 30+ years as a NY gunsmith I'd seen only one, a badly sporterized MkIII. Retired back in '93, moved to Alaska, and quite...
Anbody have any idea how many of the 20,000 rifles Uncle Sam acquired in 1917 escaped being sporterized or otherwise altered post-war, and how many might still survive in reasonably original...
Hi from Sitka, Alaska. I'm a newbie, and just wanted to introduce myself. Looking forward to learning and exchanging information.