Pic of BSA .410 Garden Gun and related adverstising

[newcastle]

So bumping that back to the top. i took delivery on mine last week. Upon close inspection barrel and Receiver are NOT one peice - there is a very very faint line of color difference between the barrel and receiver where they are joined, but by what magic and voodoo I know not. Brian I will email you regarding safety parts .

[Jc5]

Newcastle,
Thank you for the update. In reviewing posts #6 and 7 earlier in this thread, it seems there has been some dispute and skepticism regarding the action/barrel and wether they are in fact two pieces or one piece.

I am in the same camp as breakeyep: upon visual inspection (in person, not from a photo), I could not see any line separating barrel and action---looks to me like one piece. However, as I said earlier, some knowledgeable people have said that they are two pieces.

To answer the "enquiry" in post #7, I will identify two such knowledgable people who have referred to it as a 2-piece affair (even going so far as to speculate that worn-out 303 barrels were modified for the purpose), both of whom should be familiar to most students of British guns: John Knibbs (Proof House Guardian and former BSA Guns Ltd employee) and also David Baker (author of the definitive study The British Shotgun, Vols. 1-3). Their views should not be dismissed with a scoff. And now Newcastle confirms that his specimen is two pieces (barrel and action).

Again, it looks like one piece to me, but my eyes are not what they used to be, and I admit that just because I can't see the seam doesn't mean it ain't there!

[harry mac]

So bumping that back to the top. i took delivery on mine last week. Upon close inspection barrel and Receiver are NOT one peice - there is a very very faint line of color difference between the barrel and receiver where they are joined, but by what magic and voodoo I know not. Brian I will email you regarding safety parts .

I wonder if BOTH manufacturing methods were used, just to provide maximum "use up" scope for unservicable rifle parts on hand?

[newcastle]

On my specimen you can only notice the two separate parts beneath the wood line when it's disassembled. The clue on the upper view is that two serials are stamped beside each other, and if it was one piece this wouldn't be necessary. One question about this.. Does anyone know what thread would have been used on the single bolt that holds the action onto the wood? Might need to re tap mine.