Originally Posted by
Lakey
Hi Dave,
The 'T patterns' as they are known by collectors , were the very last of the long cylinder 'sporting' .22 Standards and they made around 5000 of them only. they have a little more power than the 'S' prefix Standards, as they have a longer, heavier piston, however BSA took a backward step by returning to external trigger adjustment with this model, as opposed to the internal adjustment on the 'S' prefix guns.
As already said your early serial number, will have been made in the first year of production, so it is an early example of the model.
All the best
Lakey