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Quote Originally Posted by Ridolpho View Post
. But I'm curious about the Turkishicon conversion to 8mm. How was the strengthening bar on the right side of the action body attached and what other modifications were involved?

Was a strengthening bar really necessary ? A pre WWI BSA catalogue lists Long and Carbine L-E's as well as the 'latest' Short Pattern - Mk III all with the optional calibres of ... 7m/m(.276) rimless. 173 grain spitzer, 2300fps, 2029ft-lbs
8m/m(.315) rimmed. 175grain spitzer, 2500fps, 2430ft-lbs
The latter being considerably more powerful than .303 MkVII. Not only that, they also offered the .375 Express with a whopping 270 grain Velopex for "heavy game".
It was not necessary to strengthen the receivers of the LE for these calibres, BSA offered them in their Lee Speed line of sporting rifles, the 7x57 was from memory the rimmed version, the 8 mm was the Austrian 8x50R now days known as the 315 IOF, and the 375 x 2 1/2 nitro express is a low pressure round ( around 30,000 PSI )

cheers
Pete