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    4 groove No4 Barrel, not 2, 5 or 6

    Anyone ever actually seen a 4 groove No4 barrel?

    I'm in the process of trading for a sporterized take off No4 barrel with 4 grooves.

    Sadly it's been cut to 22" and had a Parker-Hale front sight ramp installed.

    There is a partially buffed out "flaming bomb" on the knox form.

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    I haven't seen one in a No.4 , only in Mk.III's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by K31icon View Post
    I haven't seen one in a No.4 , only in Mk.III's.
    Yeah, I had a '42 MkIII "Dispersal" BSA with a 4 groove barrel.

    In theory there should be 2,3,4,5 & 2x6 groove No4 barrels floating around.
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    2x6?

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    How many groves do the Savage barrels have? Could it be one of those?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stevo View Post
    2x6?
    6 groove left hand (early Savage) and 6 groove right hand (late LB).

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    My friend has a Longbranch with only ONE groove! Amazing that it even left the factory. Anything is possible with Savage rifles, too, I suppose. It would be easier for them to cut four groove barrels than five, so maybe they made some 4 groove between the 6 and 2. Longbranch seems to have alternated between 5 and 2 through much of their production.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stencollector View Post
    6 groove left hand (early Savage) and 6 groove right hand (late LB).
    Ah, thank you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by K31icon View Post
    My friend has a Longbranch with only ONE groove! Amazing that it even left the factory. Anything is possible with Savage rifles, too, I suppose. It would be easier for them to cut four groove barrels than five, so maybe they made some 4 groove between the 6 and 2. Longbranch seems to have alternated between 5 and 2 through much of their production.
    Looked in the new Skennertonicon LE book, 4 groove to BSA No4, 3 & 5 groove Accles & Pollock!

    Yet my 4 groove distinctly has a flaming bomb, a US Savage proof.
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    I have a #4 MK 1*. it is a Savage and has a two groove barrel.

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