Well a new girl to add to the stable. One of the harder to find BSA 1954 converted No. 4 Mk 1/3 which appears to be rack queen or never used at all. This example is a Savage Mk I* conversion that had all of its external Savage marks removed, except for 1 flaming bomb under the bolt handle). Picked her up for a decent price, most likely due to the fact the "bolt will not close", which one could immediately figure out the bolt head was not in the track.

Observing the rifle and comparing it to the Fazakerly conversions (one pictured for comparison), BSA seems to have reused many more bits and pieces than Fazakerly including bolts and bolt heads. This example has an ex-LongBranch bolt and a #2 Maltby bolt head that has been modified to a #1 bolt head and remarked with a "1", with the 2 canceled. A quick go through shows that only the barrel, forend and rear sight are newly made pieces with the remainder of the rifle being NOS or recycled pieces of other rifles. This is compared seven Fazakerly conversions that show 50% plus newly made parts on their conversions.
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