Holts Sale of Vintage BSA Underlevers

[Josie & John]

i was actually reading this thread with interest when he turned up with it,spooky!

Now that is spooky! I reckon fate is dealing you a hand here and the rifle is meant for you!

That replacement bolt did look a little out of place and the 'butt-plug' could do with a repair but otherwise the rifle ought to clean up OK. It seemed very smooth to cock, although possibly a little oversprung? If you are to take some photos of the right side of the stock showing the piled arms trademark, it would be of interest to a few on here, I'm sure.

Kind regards,

John

[larrylamppost]

it is definitely oversprung,i'm rubbish with a camera but i'll give it a go.

[larrylamppost]

scrub that on the pictures,i can't post attachments and i cannot work out hosting sites.i could email them to you.

[Josie & John]

scrub that on the pictures,i can't post attachments and i cannot work out hosting sites.i could email them to you.

Yes please!

[Garvin]

scrub that on the pictures,i can't post attachments and i cannot work out hosting sites.i could email them to you.

If you could please email them to me also, I'll post them up on the vintage BSA forum. Thanks.

[larrylamppost]

emails sent,hope you both got them ok.

[Garvin]

emails sent,hope you both got them ok.

Many thanks. Pics now here.

[larrylamppost]

i just bought it off the owner,i think it was meant to be given the circumstances.

[Josie & John]

emails sent,hope you both got them ok.

Thanks Steve.

Garvin, you have beaten me to it - thank you for hosting and attaching.

Kind regards,

John

[larrylamppost]

Thanks Steve.

Garvin, you have beaten me to it - thank you for hosting and attaching.

Kind regards,

John

john,i can take it to bisley on wednesday (if the spares turn up) if you would like some more pictures.

[Josie & John]

john,i can take it to bisley on wednesday (if the spares turn up) if you would like some more pictures.

Hi Steve,

Yes please, if not too much trouble and if not raining.

Kind regards,

John

[larrylamppost]

as well as the right hand stamp i have just noticed 2 other marks on the stock just behing the trigger guard slot,there is a 'h' in a stylised star and an 'n' in the same stylized star,they are about 3mm in diameter.i have never seen such marks before or is it just down to me having new glasses that i can now see what i couldn't before?

[Josie & John]

as well as the right hand stamp i have just noticed 2 other marks on the stock just behing the trigger guard slot,there is a 'h' in a stylised star and an 'n' in the same stylized star,they are about 3mm in diameter.i have never seen such marks before or is it just down to me having new glasses that i can now see what i couldn't before?

I've seen similar marks before, although not on all BSAs. I guess they are inspection stamps but it would be good to uncode exactly what they signify.

John

[larrylamppost]

they probably are inspection marks,these new glasses are allowing me to see things i never did before.they won't improve my shooting though!