Originally Posted by
Drew451
I've just had a careful prod about both my 75s and both have plastic shrouds. Only the short section towards the muzzle is metal, possibly phosphated steel or aluminium.
The earlier one has no buffer and there is marking on the cylinder opposite. The later one has a small o ring likely retrofitted and no marks.
I just dug the remains of the buffer out of the arm, was deffinate clear and the hole it pushed into is deffinately factory. I'll see if I can find something that fits nicely. I put an elastic band round it for now.
I cleaned the action and there is a perfect circle of wear from the buffer and a tiny bit of extra wear from the arm. Nowhere near as bad as it looked in the picture I posted thankfully.
Old German target rifles and even older BSA's