Rifle No.7 .22 LR

[Brian Dick]

I have original bolt heads here but they're stripped. I tried for five years to get a quantity of the missing small parts done here in the USA and failed miserably as no one would take the work at a price that was within reason. I had a couple of batches done in England many years ago but those sources are long gone. I still have two of the rifles here too.

[Peter Laidler]

There you go Bucaneer........... how quick is that? That's the hard bits now it's just the simple bits. Get 20 sets made and you'll have paid for yours on the profit and satisfied 20 lucky owners.

[Warren]

Is it a British or Canadian No.7 he has??? The only mention is "the British throwing the parts away" but he does not specify where it was made.
If the Canadian model give me a PM..... I can probably help. I think everyone assumed it was one of the Springfield Sporters British No.7 Mk.1 's
Lets find out for sure.

[Peter Laidler]

it IS the British No7's............. at least the one Buccaneer wants is! And presumably he is a happy little rabbit now

The Canadian version is a doddle by comparison Warren

[DaveN]

To all concerned it is a British and if we could get a hold of a bolt conversion part [the piece that has the off set firing pin in it] even if it is gutted (though complete is preferred) he is sure he can make it and make all the parts to start producing these so we can make lots of people happy. He just needs it in hand.

So if Brian or someone else who has what we need wants to PM me we can get some terms so everyone is happy.

I am so confident we can have this done that I am going to look for some of these incomplete rifles myself.

[Buccaneer]

Thanks Peter,
I have sent an email to BDL so I will have to wait and see what comes up and if it is a financialy viable proposition

[Mk VII]

The firing pin assembly looks to me fairly easy to do (got a complete rifle here myself). A Browning HP extractor spring substitutes for the coil spring under the extractor (which is a thoroughly poor design - they should have used a V-spring).

[DaveN]

MK VII Thank you for the info, one more piece to the puzzle. I don't know if you sending pictures or some kind of measurements or both,would be too much trouble or if it would be any different then what I've seen on the net. Any thing you think could help us would be appreciated.

[Peter Laidler]

I'm not sure that I'd agree with you regarding the extractor spring being better a vee spring than a coil type Mk7. The coil lasted pretty well and trouble free on the No8, totally unchanged from day 1 to date - 60 or so years and still going strong. Except for getting gungy with wax but that'd affect a vee spring too Easier and MUCH cheaper to source/make too as a local spring maker would replicate by the yard to the correct poundage too. So prospective parts makers, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Firing pin is a doddle. My replacement is an SLR firing pin suitably shortened and adjusted, attached to the old orignal No8 block.

It's getting better too because I knew that I had a few of the original No7 backsights here, found with other stuff in my sons old school Cadet Force Armoury that I helpfully cleared out for them.

[Roger Payne]

I located about 80 bolt heads some years ago & had 20 sets of parts made by my machinist. I retained a few sets for my own No7's & the rest went to BDL. I know Brian has long since sold them - I'm sure they went like hot cakes. I since sold on the remaining 60 or so stripped bolt heads but I don't think anyone has been able to come up with an economic price to run off the firing pin, auxiliary arm, ejector etc.

ATB

Apologies, I hadn't noticed at first that Brian has already responded.