Help Understanding BSA No.4 MK I* (T), Please

[Roger Payne]

It's a real BSA 1943 4T with a real bracket & scope, it's just that the scope bracket (& therefore probably the scope), is off a N prefix 1944 rifle. The serial on the butt socket is interesting as it is only a three digit number so may indicate that the rifle originally bore a Mk2/1 scope. That again is interesting as most of the UIC 2/1 scopes I know of were fitted to 44 & 45 rifles. It might be worth taking off the butt to check the rifle serial on the tenon at the front. The pads look ok & the bracket is an original Dalgleish Foundry product (code N92). I suspect the serial number has been over stamped on both the butt socket & the bolt body. The four digit number may well be the original serial, but it should be prefixed by two letters, the first of which should be a letter 'A', eg. AB, AD, AQ, AT etc.

Oh, & it is a No4 Mk1 rifle, not a Mk1*, although the receiver side wall engraving is not very easy to read.

Hope this helps a little.