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Roy
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Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!
01/02/16 04:39 AM

Hi Sarg & Alan,

Thanks for that. Yes it is rather interesting, one of the perpetual aspects that keep out interest in that no two rifles seem to be the same.

The Evans rifle also has no engraving, odd for a No1 with ribbed barrel. But perhaps Evans requested the action plain and in the white, so they could finish as per customers wishes? I have not yet received the ledger details from Evans but will write and remind them later today, so they have it first thing (Monday) tomorrow morning in the hope it will 'jiggy' them up a little.

On careful inspection, I note that the rifle has the BSA serial number in four places (bolt, bolt handle, action & barrel) and the Evans number is in two locations (trigger guard and barrel).

Interestingly there is no marking to indicate the calibre! I am of course 99.99% sure it is .303" so don't suspect any surprise in that regard. I have heard of other example that have no calibre marking, so it's not unheard of - still rather odd and could you imagine that happening today?

While I was tinkering with it over the weekend, I gave it a good clean, and to my joy the bore came up really well. I had thought it a lot worse but most of that appeared to be just crud and dust, so aside from a small amount of freckling, it appears to have been not used too much and certainly consistent with the condition.

So fingers crossed to the ledger details soon!

Cheers, Roy.

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New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	25/01/16 04:03 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	CHAPUISARMES	25/01/16 08:25 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	25/01/16 09:05 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	VonGruff	25/01/16 10:59 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	25/01/16 11:33 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	AlanD	25/01/16 03:44 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	27/01/16 02:19 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	25/01/16 03:51 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Bidgee	25/01/16 04:26 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	26/01/16 01:32 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	lancaster	26/01/16 03:06 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	26/01/16 06:24 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Bidgee	26/01/16 07:22 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Rule303	26/01/16 09:18 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	26/01/16 09:44 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Levallois	26/01/16 10:47 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Sarg	27/01/16 07:59 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	27/01/16 08:17 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Sarg	27/01/16 09:05 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	AlanD	31/01/16 04:03 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Sarg	01/02/16 08:23 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	01/02/16 04:39 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Sarg	01/02/16 08:35 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Sarg	04/02/16 07:49 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Old_Glass	25/05/16 02:42 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Old_Glass	31/05/16 12:39 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	31/05/16 01:37 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Old_Glass	10/06/16 01:01 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Levallois	06/08/18 04:15 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	08/06/16 03:45 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Bidgee	08/06/16 07:11 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	09/06/16 12:24 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	93x64mm	09/06/16 07:13 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	04/02/16 10:07 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	A10ACN	04/02/16 12:00 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	05/02/16 02:16 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	AlanD	07/02/16 10:31 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	07/02/16 02:00 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	30/03/16 12:54 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	VonGruff	30/03/16 05:04 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Ash	30/03/16 10:54 PM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	31/03/16 01:01 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	TexasJohn	01/04/16 11:09 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	02/04/16 02:33 AM
Re: New Find - No1 by William Evans..!	Roy	03/02/16 10:50 AM

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