Got it in a local auction seeking info and value.
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Got it in a local auction seeking info and value.
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It's a pretty ambiguous question but it's a bolt action .22" version of the No4 rifle converted by BSA in the 50's for the RAF.
And they're considered very desirable rifles......
How desirable?
In the UKthese rifles are now fetching £2000 in good condition..........
It's also been fitted with target sights. Looks like a very nice example. Very collectible and should shoot very nicely too.
I'm in the UK& prices aren't always directly comparable between here & the US but they only made about 2500 of them (IIRC - speaking from memory).
Sorry if I am being very ignorant but what is the metal plate under the No7 MK 1 meant for? Is it to do with the .22 magazine?
It's the ejector. Most British22 trainers of the era were single shot & didn't eject as such - the extracted case just dropped into the empty 303 magazine outer casing. This rifle is a 5 shot repeater & needed to eject efficiently as there was no empty outer mag casing for the spent cases to drop into.
Went ahead and listed it on GunBroker