1924 Ish BSA Commercial, South African Property Mark

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All,
Please take a look at the markings on this BSA Commercial No1 MkIII that I recently acquired and tell me what you all think.

The only dates I have found so far is the Birmingham private view mark. The South African property mark is obvious, and it has been somewhere "Equatorial" as there is remnants of the green paint on the barrel and receiver. The right side of the barrel is London Proof House marked and is filled in with green paint.

It does have a serial matched windage adjustable rear sight and the stock, nose cap, barrel, magazine and bolt are matched as well.

The magazine has a fancy "R" stamped on it which I haven't seen before. It is Enfield stamped too.

The bottom of the receiver by the magazine cut off screw appears to be stamped Enfield. The forend is stamped "T something 19" and the front handguard is marked Enfield.

Condition wise, it is not bad, but has definitely "been around the world". It has the TDC crack and the draws need some help for sure. The forend has been nicely repaired from a split and has a cross screw installed.

I'll upload more pictures as I can. Thanks ahead of time for comments!

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