| englishman_ca |
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| 22/11/17 06:12 AM |
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Officer carbine
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I cleaned her up and did a few fixes, put her back into 'home service'.
This is a hard working gun around the farm. It is one of my favourites, it gets carried a lot in the bush.
When I pulled the action out of the fore stock I got a surprise.
What I did want to show you was this recoil lug that I found mounted on the barrel. I have never seen anything quite like it before. It looks to be very well done. Unsure who did this, pretty sure that it isn't factory. Or is it?
| Sarg |
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| 29/03/18 01:12 PM |
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Re: Officer carbine
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Sorry englishman_ca, missed this early, from what I have seen (on like 20 Lee Speed (BSA Sporters) & LSA Sporters) nearly all had that lug, with most being drilled & tapped for a screw, set inside a Diamond shaped ferrule.
Cool old rifle you have there, I almost bought a BSA Officers Carbine some time ago, it had the tang sliding safety .
Thank you for sharing your one with us !
| DarylS |
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| 29/03/18 01:46 PM |
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Re: Officer carbine
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Handy little rifle!
| Rule303 |
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| 30/03/18 09:44 AM |
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Re: Officer carbine
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Handy little rifle!
Ditto.
| englishman_ca |
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| 05/04/18 01:42 AM |
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Re: Officer carbine
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I like the balance of these little carbines. Here is another one that I assembled from parts.
I restore martial arms, and found that I had an accumulation of take off non military parts in the bins. so....
This one has a BSA commercial receiver.
I cut and drawfiled the rifle barrel to carbine length and taper.
I made the forestock out of a table leg of an antique dining table.
That old growth walnut is impossible to find as lumber these days.
The stock now that it has been oiled is a perfect colour/grain match to that of the original 100 year old butt stock.
To satisfy my OCD, I am replacing all the martial marked bits with commercial as I find them.
| 93x64mm |
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| 05/04/18 07:36 AM |
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Lovely job there Englishman_CA!
Certainly brought that one back to life