(T) and scope the same number?

[Roger Payne]

Hmmmm. Some more close ups of the receiver would have been nice.
-Would echo the obvious phoney 'S5' stamp on the obviously replacement woodwork.
-Wood looks to be birch to me, when would almost certainly have been walnut on a BSA by 1943.
- Mk3 looks ok but clearly a mis-match, as has already been stated, on a 43 rifle.
- Bracket just could be a grossly mutilated original 'improved' by Bubba at some point. Academic really as it's worthless now either way.
- Rifle has obviously been re-serial stamped on the butt socket, presumably by an incompetent faker who thinks that a matching kit means having the same number on your scope as your rifle. HOWEVER, I do think the basic receiver of the rifle may be a genuine T. Difficult to say for certain, but the look & fit of the pads looks right, & judging by our expert's handiwork I think if he'd fitted the pads himself it would be readily apparent....
- I understand a number of gutted T's ended up in the States about 10-12 years ago; essentially barrelled actions that needed a complete rebuild. I just wonder if this could be one of those rifles......?
- Just my .02c.
ATB