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    Great, thanks Roger - I'll get a decent daylight photo of the angle you've suggested up tomorrow, and see if I can get better photo of the side-wall T - it is a bit faint, but that could be a result of the refinish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeeRam View Post
    The BSA M47C code is clearly visible in the photographs.
    That was my point - having BSA markings it cannot be a Mk1*
    Maybe I was a bit too subtle (its not like me but I guess there is always a 1st time !)
    Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...

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    Alan- Makes sense to me now; I'm a bit dim on picking up on the subtleties! The proverbial "ton of bricks crashing on my head" definitely applies in my case...

    Madzi-here is a previous thread discussing the use of a " after the number stamp.

    https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=71000&page=1

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield View Post
    That was my point - having BSA markings it cannot be a Mk1*
    Maybe I was a bit too subtle (its not like me but I guess there is always a 1st time !)
    And that was my point.......as the first photo's posted by the OP clearly showed the M47C and the 1" marking......(not a 1*)

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    Thanks All!

    Roger - here's a couple of photos of the angle requested on the front pad, and also a better photo of the sidewall T - thoughts? Also, any background you can share on the origins of the barrelled actions you were talking about? Looking now that the woodwork does look like an honest civvie job - no weedon mark or dodgy S51, but interested in how the action got out there - the scope had been through a Peter L service, so the optics are pristine.

    Also, does anyone have a link to the previous thread on the SSS overstamps? Not seeming to find it either on browsing or search, and it has me intrigued. Many thanks for the quote mark thread link, SMLEAddict - this also being a '43 BSA, it fits the pattern. Rodger, did you find any evidence of non-T BSA's with that marking?

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    Hi Madzi,
    From what I can see, the milling looks pretty well done. I'm fairly confident you have a real 4T but not in 'as it left the factory' order. I am suspicious of the side wall T as the shaft looks rather too long, but that could just be my eyes. And even so, I was only thinking in terms of it being an after the event addition by a civvy owner to make it conform more to how those who have just read a couple of books on the subject believe a 4T should be marked....the markings on BSA 43's are so variable, including the presence of the T.

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