New to me a "rare" L42A1

[Lance]

My belated birthday, early X-mas gift, and retirement investment arrived yesterday. Paid more than I wanted, but inflation will hopefully catch up one day.

It is all matching and appears to have been through the shop prior to being returned to stores and then surplused. Three forend wood repairs including a real challenge (in my opinion) by the receiver. Two repairs on the butt. Forend, butt and mag all have been renumbered. Back of the bolt has been ground and renumbered after refinish, 19T marked along with the "0" bolt head.

I already had a '71 converted example in the collection but I could not pass on the rarer original receiver, and it did have a converted THC which I did not have either.(would of been perfect if it was a '72 or '73 dated conversion, but....) Missing most of the chest kit, half I had in the spares bin, so the quest for a sling and that damn lens brush holder begins again.

Original owner must of contacted Simon as he knew it was from batch 27, one of 18 from 9/71. Anyone have a guess on how many ROFM's made it through conversion? (Simon next time you are going through the list can you make a quick count, thanks!)

At the end, the girls together, top to bottom,
'45 BSA D70 with converted '46 AKS
'41 ROFM D71 with converted THC
'44 BSA D71 with converted CTS
'44 BSA D74 with converted '45 AKS

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[browningautorifle]

Nice rifle, love to have one...or four.

[bigduke6]

Nice collection Lance, going by UK prices at present your sitting on £40,000 +/- and like you say can only go up

[Rwsgunsmithing]

Nice collection Lance, going by UK prices at present your sitting on £40,000 +/- and like you say can only go up

For the whole collection?

[bigduke6]

For the whole collection?

They have been up for sale for £12000 in the UK..... I'm just going on an average of £10'000 each

[Peter Laidler]

31 Comd Wksp = 31 Command Workshop REME. CATT = Combined Arms Training Team. NXU 6857 = the 'FORWARD' repair identification code and number. The realistic option for the sling would be a simple Bren sling which was far more popular than the slippery nylon or leather slings. Or even better still, the narrower heavy duty cotton webbing sing that was a similar pattern to the wide nylon sling. But only issued in the very last days of the L42

[Brian B]

Congratulations!!!