New addition BSA identification

[RobD]

Medalnet, the original rifle is a British infantry rifle of South African War [Boer war] vintage, starting life as probably around 1900.
- The most interesting markings are those we haven't been shown yet - under the bolt handle - can you get a peep at them for us? May have a date and so on...
- It was converted to take a loading charger [clip] in about 1910 - that's the "bridge" across the action
- it was in the SA military use after 1910 - that's the arrowhead-in-U markings you can see.
- around WW1 it was rebarrelled with a commercial BSA barrel - this was done on a large scale by the SA military. the BSA commercial marking is the little pyramid of stacked rifles on the flat [knox form] at the start of the barrel.
- Then, probably after WW2, it was converted to cadet drill use. It's been shortened (the original barrel was 767 mm long)
- It's been deactivated as well, probably recently.
Thus it is interesting as a conversation piece or wall-hanger, but it'll never shoot again and it no longer looks as it did when it was built, but it does have history and it is one of many similar rifles. As Daan says, with the right paperwork it can be displayed as a non-functioning rifle in your den.