| jc5 |
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| 19/12/10 07:30 AM |
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Re: Help with early Lee Speed Patent.
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A little more info is required to confirm it's a commerical BSA action.
It is definitely a commercial BSA action, as I noted above. There is no question about that---the markings confirm it.
It certainly could have shipped with an original military stock. Not every commercial Lee Speed was a sporter. The fore-end was cut down by an owner---nothing ever shipped from BSA like that. The butt stock looks unusual. It doesn't match a typical military or sporting pattern...could we see a few more photos? Maybe a photo of the entire rifle, from the side?
Additional data from you will help us confirm exactly what its original configuration was, and narrow the date range.
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The mag cut off is missing and the original front sights have been changed at some point.
I would like to find these two parts if poss.
The mag cut off is not hard to find. Finding a front sight will depend on what kind was originally on there... some are common, while others are rare. When we figure out more about the rifle, we will know what kind of front sight it originally shipped with.
