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englishman_ca
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Loc: Almaguin, Ontario, Canada

Officer carbine
#308088 - 22/11/17 06:12 AM

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?

Edited by englishman_ca (22/11/17 06:53 AM)

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Sarg
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Re: Officer carbine [Re: englishman_ca]
#314650 - 29/03/18 01:12 PM

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 !

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DarylS
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Re: Officer carbine [Re: englishman_ca]
#314651 - 29/03/18 01:46 PM

Handy little rifle!

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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Rule303
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Re: Officer carbine [Re: DarylS]
#314706 - 30/03/18 09:44 AM

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Handy little rifle!

Ditto.

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englishman_ca
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Reged: 05/08/17
Posts: 31
Loc: Almaguin, Ontario, Canada

Re: Officer carbine [Re: Rule303]
#314959 - 05/04/18 01:42 AM

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.

Edited by englishman_ca (05/04/18 02:19 AM)

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93x64mm
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Loc: Nth QLD Australia

Re: Officer carbine [Re: englishman_ca]
#314968 - 05/04/18 07:36 AM

Lovely job there Englishman_CA!
Certainly brought that one back to life

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