Pics and info here:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/amer...aly-t9785.html
Pics and info here:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/amer...aly-t9785.html
Judging by the rounded rivets on the cocking links and the squared shape of the interceptor sear housing, this is a late one. The 'Manufactured by...' stamp on the left trigger housing looks too near the bottom also.
Maybe you just couldn't get the staff during the war?
I used to have a late one which anomalously was missing any stamping on the right side of the cylinder:
Last edited by Garvin; 06-07-2022 at 04:13 PM.
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
A few thoughts:
Looks to me as though there are still slight traces of the MARK 11 stamping in the correct position below the bolt .
The drag links and cocking shoe are different from those I have seen, being much simplified. The rivet ends are not properly snapped either on the patents side. (Not an expert by the way, but I have handled a few.)
Safety sear has an oddly undercut end.
The bolt handle looks home made.
The font looks more like I've seen on 1960s stuff.
I reckon this was an incomplete gun in a very rough state which someone has had a fair crack at getting working again. The cylinder and trigger block were probably rust pitted or otherwise damaged and have been filed down ;it might be instructive to run a mike over those parts
Atb
Mark
Last edited by Farsight; 07-07-2022 at 12:40 PM.
Could it be a copy? I remember reading some where about gunsmiths in India? they could make very good replica's of almost any fire arm. kind regards Al.
Al the more I look at this rifle the more I think you might be right.
All the pics here:
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....fle/#post-7379
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.