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1st one I have ever seen - nice find!
REALLY good pictures, buckstix, especially of the double lug lockup!

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Wow..........that certainly is like rocking horse poo!
Never seen that before!
Amazing find Buckstix.
Will be a mission to get this one to work, the cadet has a reputation to be a problem child to shoot.

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Knibbs in his book The Golden the Century a history of BSA guns has a picture of this action in the chapter on the No 1 and No. 2 action pocket model. It is is only described as different style of bolt and trigger mechanism in the Pocket models.

The number 1 and No. 2 were the same thing just with different fitments for sights. There is mention of the these guns being available in 297/230 Morris.

Knibbs book is poorly edited and is difficult to extract information from. I would not be surprised if the book has information on the OP rifle, but it would require reading page by page to find it, if it is there.

There is no BSA guns listed using the X prefix for serial number.

If you read Knibbs cover to cover you might find reference to activities in 1907, A search of BSA patents might disclose something also.

I also went through the BSA catalogs and could not find anything this gun.

This website seems to indicate this is a Model 2. https://www.rifleman.org.uk/BSA_Model_2.html

That website is you best resource for research on your rifle.

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Hello DoubleD,
Thanks for the reply.

I've searched that website and other references and catalogs (including patents) and cannot find anything that shows an action with exposed open dual locking lugs, or a safety on the bolt handle. It has been suggested that the lack of proofs and other typical markings, and the "X" serial number, may suggest a prototype experimental pattern rifle. I will continue searching. It does function and shoot great!

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