British Rifle No. 7 survey

[Lance]

Greetings All


For those who own a British No. 7 Mark I can you look and let me know if you have a solid or tubed barrel. Skennerton mentions that there were some tubed examples but does not go into how many vs solid (I have one of each). Can you please let me know what you have and the approximate s/n.


Thanks!

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[Simon P]

Recent ones that we had:

BS123# Lined Barrel
BS014# Sold Barrel

[fjruple]

BS2214
BS2303
Both have solid barrels.

[Alan de Enfield]

Solid
BS1892

[birdhound]

Keep in mind that some may have originally had solid barrels that have since been tubed, a fairly common repair for rifles that had suffered damage, usually by corrosion.

[Alan de Enfield]

Keep in mind that some may have originally had solid barrels that have since been tubed, a fairly common repair for rifles that had suffered damage, usually by corrosion.

Is that really a 'common problem' in 22rf training rifles ?
I've not come across any example myself.

[birdhound]

I have come across several No7s 8s and 9s with corroded or bulged barrels. Tubing them is a straight forward and economic repair.

[RobD]

BS1283 - superbly rebuilt by Phil Rose - solid barrel

[browningautorifle]

I have come across several No7s 8s and 9s with corroded or bulged barrels.

We did a few also. Not uncommon repair at all.

[Buccaneer]

BS2329
Solid