My first BSA Shirley No.5

[Brian Dick]

Nice rifle. The Breech cover is an original Savage contract. The sling looks to be Belgian for the FN49 but I could be wrong. There is no such thing as a post '86 import mark that I'm aware of. The U.S. import marking requirements were put in place with the GCA '68. We just weren't allowed to import milsurps until 1986.

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[drweiler]

Right you are Brian, that's what I meant, said poorly. Wonder how it evaded the tariff/import stamps. The sling has the right 'style', but much 'softer' that my known U.K. slings. Here's the barrel under the handguard, I've seen that 'T' before but don't recall meaning??? Nice seeing you on the forum. Cheers, Don

Nice rifle. The Breech cover is an original Savage contract. The sling looks to be Belgian for the FN49 but I could be wrong. There is no such thing as a post '86 import mark that I'm aware of. The U.S. import marking requirements were put in place with the GCA '68. We just weren't allowed to import milsurps until 1986.