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It's been nickle-plated all over Danny. There are a few areas where it's thinning, near the tap it's bubbling a bit. I had the action from the stock this morning and found flake-away patches by the cocking lever slot. These are concealed by the stock when assembled.
The quality of the plating is very high and IMHO it's a factory finish. I don't recall anything like this ever so it could be a good 'home-brew', -if so, it would have been such a faff to prep everything for the tank- sight parts, trigger guard, cap, tap and parts, lever parts...I can imagine this happening in the factory when the metal was fresh but not on a used gun that you'd have to take back. You'd not do this to a new purchase either!...
My dilemna now is whether or not to plate the 'Satelite dish' BSF diopter sight that is to be fitted!...

I really liked the look of that BSF 54. Be great with a diopter. Always fancied one after reading an article in the airgun mags as a youngster, about some long range pigeon decoying. Had the stock been varnished on yours, or was it reflection - it was hard to tell from the pics. I like nickel plated rifles, always thought a Bsa Improved Model D one would be a nice thing to own. I remember chatting to some one on here who has Geoffrey Boothroyds nickel plated Webley Service
I'm sure I remember that some Parkerised finished Originals/ Diana's/ or RWS were for sale in the 80's for a brief time, as a sort of utilty model.