Sparkbrook - BSA - Queensland Police

[newbieDAN]

Gents I have a 1906 SMLE (No1) Mk1* it is stamped BSA Co. - Sparkbrook. According to Skennerton, there were no rifles manufactured at Sparkbrook that year (he says although some are known to exist) as it was being taken over by BSA. Now I suppose I have two questions, what is the rarity of a 1906 Sparkbrook, and were all the Queensland Police Mk1* contracted rifles delivered in 1907 from Sparkbrook?

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[Maxwell Smart]

were all the Queensland Police Mk1* contracted rifles delivered in 1907 from Sparkbrook?

I don't think so.

My Mk 1*has a QG P 1907 date, and is marked BSA Co (not Sparkbrook)

[Lance]

BSA-Sparkie's are a rare girl, especially if they have not been upgraded to a later version. My example also is a Q/|\P marked girl.

[newbieDAN]

Lance mine is Q^P 48, interesting that yours is quite a long way off that number...and still an '06 Sparkie, makes me wonder how the numbering process worked.

[Maxwell Smart]

Mine is somewhere in between, at Q^P 134