1916 LSA Cocking piece/safety

[JerryEAL]

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I have read the posts on No4 vs. No1 strikers,cocking piece interchanging.
Long Lee vs. SMLE ???
Maybe makes sense why it has a "stored for conversion" stamp, C in a rectangle.
It really looks to have had very little use for being 98 years old. At my level of experience I would not shoot a gun that does not have a functioning saftey either!
No FTR stamps.

Its a cocking piece from a Long Lee.

One of the variants has no safety either on the receiver or on the bolt, and has a plain cocking piece like this.


I have/had one of the rifles. I used it in the UK military Methuen competition one year - I recall there was a stage where the line of troops/firers (civilian service rifle clubs taking part alongside military teams) had to advance to the next 100yd point with rifle loaded and safety applied. In my case the RCO agreed that I'd advance with the bolt open, as the rifle had no safety mechanism at all!