Quote Originally Posted by 303Nut View Post
Ian Skennertonicon's LES says that a l,000 of these rifles were ordered and that only about 200 were made because of the action body being stressed by the 7.62 cartridge. His new book may give different figures on the production.
Well, I don't recall Skennerton claiming that only 200 DRCA 7.62 conversions were made. I know for a 100% FACT, however, that such info would be inaccurate. I've seen over 20 of these personally, and the serial ranged from low 2 digits up to at least the 2500 range on the examples I have seen.

Bear in mind, these were built for all DCRA affiliated clubs that could pay for the conversion, not just Connaught.

Perhaps the military ordered only 200 for troop trials, but this has little to do with the effort to build target rifles.

There's one at Gunco right now with a serial number into the 1000 range. Clearly higher than serial number "200". Also note the conversion serial of the above rifle is 1253.