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  1. 05-30-2021 01:49 AM #6
    Patrick Chadwick
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    It's a bitsa

    "...But the serial number is gone and no signs of grinding or filing..."
    -or it was never there!

    Bannerman (?) "bitsa", I think. Made up from parts that were rejected/scrapped/surplus and was never a complete service rifle.

    Parts missing, bad fit of buttplate, wood damage where lock has been manipulated, awful fit of Buffington sight slider, missing markings... and that's without having much of a clue about Trapdoors. Experts will surely find more.

    Just my moderately informed opinion,
    Patrick
    Last edited by Patrick Chadwick; 05-30-2021 at 01:56 AM.
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