Monday Morning at BSA in 1954

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Nobody is perfect but this must be a Monday morning rifle or one of the last rifles on a Friday night.

Purchased at auction last month and it finally arrived today is this mint, unissued BSA 1954 FTR. I put in a steal bid as I already had a BSA FTR No. 4 and I lucked out. I never noticed the error in the rifle markings in the auction pictures but it adds character to her.

Originally a Savage No. 4 Mark I* like all the 1953-54 BSA FTR No. 4's it was cleaned of all the original marking but they missed the flaming bomb under the bolt handle and the body has a few grind marks showing the removal of the US PROPERTY mark. Mostly new BSA parts went into this one with new wood, bolt, barrel and rear sight. Of additional interest is the bolt head, originally a #3 it has been ground down and now marked as a #1.

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