Well used No. 4 T

[Ridolpho]

Happy New Year everyone! Thought I'd post a few shots of my '43 BSA No. 4 T which I've had for about two years. Previous owner had it for 30+ years and may have bought it direct from an importer. He was having some trouble selling it as it lacks many of the "standard" marks: no "T" on left side, no "S" on cutoff boss. As received, it only displayed a "TR" on left cheek and a sanded "S51" under wrist of butt. No "D6E" stamp in normal spot but I could see a faint hint of something under the thick black paint adjoining the "D7E" on the right. A touch of paint stripper revealed a rather poorly stamped apparent "D6E" on the right flat. It came with a genuine bracket (numbered to this and two previous rifles) and I think I can see two earlier scope serials on the wrist in addition to the number of the Mark 3 currently residing on it. All this maybe speaks to wartime attrition of equipment as there is a (Maltby?) FTR indicated and the gun came with a '45 dated 5 groove barrel which is shiney and new looking. The previous owner didn't want to shoot out the 5 groove barrel and replaced it with an equally newish 2 groover and she will shoot 1.5 MOA groups all day (I have the '45 barrel). This is largely due to the crisp and highly functional Mk 3 scope which was serviced by Warren. I love the well worn look and implied service history- what do you guys think?

Ridolpho

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