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BSA Long Lee-Speed Commercial Rifle by Wm Powell & Son
Guns International #: 101459680 Seller's Inventory #: 38851
Category: Enfield Rifles - BSA Rifles
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1395
Total Number of Listings: 25206
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
FREE SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OVER $500! We also have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
Serial #G771 / 13076, .303 British, 30 1/4" barrel with an excellent, bright bore. This is a simply splendid looking, BSA-made rifle that has retained 80-85% of the original bright commercial blue that has faded slightly at the muzzle, in a single area along the left side of the receiver, as well as along the exposed edges and projections. The rifle was originally fitted with a Metford barrel, but it was swapped with an “E (in circle)" marked Enfield-rifled barrel at some point in its career, and has extensive Birmingham nitro proofs on the barrel beneath the slightly cracked handguard. The rifle is fully equipped with bayonet lug, “RIGBY PATENT" nosecap, safety, and complete set of volley sights, and the dust cover is engraved with the retailer’s name: “Wm POWELL & SON CARRS LANE / BIRMINGHAM". The english walnut buttstock, forend, and handguard have small handling marks and minor surface blemishes scattered about the reapplied commercial varnish. A period leather sling in excellent condition is installed. Despite their obsolescence in government service, Metford-rifled commercial rifles were made well into the first decade of the 20th century due to their popularity with competition and target shooters, and examples of these rifles one will still be found in post 1900 B.S.A. catalogs. Once cordite began to take over target shooting, however, many were converted to Enfield rifling, like this example.. FFL or C&R
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Manufacturer: Enfield
Model: Lee Speed
Serial Number: G771 / 13076
Caliber Info: .303
Gauge Info: .303