Hi all
I'm new to military surplus rifles and having left a deposit with a gun dealer yesterday, I was hoping someone here could answer a few questions about the rifle I've just purchased. It's a 1917 SSA smle with matching numbers on bolt, rear sight,fore stock,nose cap etc. and was fitted with a new barrel in 1939.
The marking that has me puzzled appears on the wrist band and on the top of the barrel ,under the rear hand guard (sorry I don't have any pics yet), its a fireball or a sun shaped stamp with the letters RSF underneath . After a bit of searching I found that the Royal Scottish Fusiliers had a similar emblem, would it be unusual to have the unit marked on this part of the rifle?, there is a cut out for a stock disc ,but its missing. Maybe there's an obvious answer that I've overlooked , any suggestions would be appreciated
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