Lee Speed - Merry Christmas Johnny
My Christmas present from my wife just arrived. Merry Christmas Johnny! It is a Lee Speed Patent .303 in superb condition. In almost all ways it is identical to my Long Lee .303 Mark 1. The wood is...
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For a little extra BSA would have the rifle inspected and marked for military spec-ts,only LSA and BSA rifles will have the Lee Speed mark as far as I know,the sights were add on for full bore...
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Herbert, I have a number of the P-H and AGP sights, but I'm sure I have never seen one of those.
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I have not seen one either but I have a Australian made MOTTY sight that is very similar
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Thanks for the comments guys. The sight is unobtrusive when folded. the screw is hand tightened. One half turn and the sight can be lifted to vertical ("CLICK"). Re-tighten screw. Horizontal arm is...
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No, Joel. Just the Crown/1/B stamp on the receiver. I havent completely disassembled it yet. I assume barrel proofs are under the top hand guard.
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joelblack88 wrote: Does it have any WD or btoad arrow marks?The comercial rifles inspected to goverment standard will not have the WD or broad arrow mark as these are onership markings,they should...
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In general you are correct Herbert, but I have seen a number of volunteer firearms taken into military service and some military rifles converted by well known retailers into sporting arms.
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I can only speak of the commercial rifles I have seen that were pressed into Australian service,these will be seen with a DD mark and genrally a sold out of service mark on the stock,the rifles I have...
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Crown / 1 / B is the Government Inspection and approval Mark for commercial arms passing the Inspector at Birmingham as being to Government specification. The system goes back to about 1863 when it...
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I have a similar sight fitted to a SMLE No1 Mk III*, it was made by BSA in 1917, I will try and dig it out and take photos if it proves tobe similar, it may just be my lousy memory. Jim
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Herbert,The Australian DD mark you mentioned is in reality a D^D. Additionally I have photographed many Commercial Webleys and Tranters that were sold directly to the military. On the other hand, this...
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The sight I was thinking of is not the same but I will post photos anyway, my sight is marked with BSA stacked rifles.The sight folded against ther action The sight open from the side.And from the...
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Thanks Jim. That's the one I have seen. It seems to me there was a P-H # 5 and a BSA # 9 of the same basic pattern.
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joelblack88 wrote: Herbert,The Australian DD mark you mentioned is in reality a D^D. Additionally I have photographed many Commercial Webleys and Tranters that were sold directly to the military. On...
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herbert wrote: joelblack88 wrote: Herbert,The Australian DD mark you mentioned is in reality a D^D. Additionally I have photographed many Commercial Webleys and Tranters that were sold directly to the...
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joelblack88 wrote: Thanks Jim. That's the one I have seen. It seems to me there was a P-H # 5 and a BSA # 9 of the same basic pattern.It seems these sights were designed by A,J.Parker and made by...
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where do you guys find these sights .In Canada I never see such exotics , bought a southerland sight fron Ross in Kiwi land a while back made for the Canadian Ross go figure. cheers Ian
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The few I have were found at gun shows here in Wisconsin many years ago.
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In Britain ,Australia,NZ Canada military rifle shooting was very popular with the big prize being the queens or kings shoot held at Bisley England,the folding peep sight was used from 1910,before this...
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