Cartouche / Stamp ?

[Sonny B]

Thanks Buccaneer, and Thanks Jim for your response. I hope the attached photos are good enough. Please forgive me for not providing them with my first message. Can you explain what the upward-pointing arrow signifies, as seen on both sides of the butt stock? Can you see enough of the faint stamps ( 1 S A L )on the right side of the butt stock to figure out what it might mean? One stamp on the right side of the receiver is "BNP WITH CROWN". The stamps on the right side of the barrel, just forward of the receiver, are "BNP WITH CROWN", ".22 LR .610"", "8 TON'S PFR THEN AN INVERTED SQUARED U-SHAPED CHARACTER ", and "GXB WITH "2" UNDER THE X". Sorry for the poor discription, but it's beginning to make my brain ache! The drill & tap job on top of the barrel looks to be original. The Rifle works well, and is a pleasure to shoot. I will much appreciate any info you might provide.

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[Buccaneer]

Can you explain what the upward-pointing arrow signifies, as seen on both sides of the butt stock? Can you see enough of the faint stamps ( 1 S A L )on the right side of the butt stock to figure out what it might mean? One stamp on the right side of the receiver is "BNP WITH CROWN". The stamps on the right side of the barrel, just forward of the receiver, are "BNP WITH CROWN", ".22 LR .610"", "8 TON'S PFR THEN AN INVERTED SQUARED U-SHAPED CHARACTER ", and "GXB WITH "2" UNDER THE X".

As already pointed out the crown over BNP are British civillian proof marks a legal requirement for any firearm in civillian use in the UK. The 8 TON's PFR are badly stamped, the F should be an E and the upside down U should be a square and it is an abbreviation of 8 TON's per Square inch which is the proof test pressure. As to the marks on the Butt the upward pointing arrow could be the "broad arrow" used to identify British military ownership but I have never seen one reproduced that big before. The "1 S A L" is something of a mystery, I have checked for a "military" connection but can't find one, I have found an S A I for the South African Infantry but thats as close as I could get, could be something that was applied after the rifle was sold out of military srevice.