BSA - Commonwealth of Australia
Good Afternoon Capn and crew- I have a long gun that I need to identify. It is a BSA - serial number goes like this
line 1= 46516
line 2= 0 or Q
line 3= 7309
Then to the left side of that it is marked Commonwealth of Australia
It is a .357 caliber and looks like a model 12 or 13.
Question? Is this a military gun that was made in England for Australia? Thank you gentleman -Susan
line 1= 46516
line 2= 0 or Q
line 3= 7309
Then to the left side of that it is marked Commonwealth of Australia
It is a .357 caliber and looks like a model 12 or 13.
Question? Is this a military gun that was made in England for Australia? Thank you gentleman -Susan
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Chances are it's a cadet carbine made for military training in the early years of the 20th century. The original caliber they were chambered for was .310 Cadet.
Many were imported and sold in the U.S. during the 50's & 60's. As the .310 Cartridge cartridge was uncommon and costly. They were often rebarreled/rechambered for more common cartridges.
It would be best if you could post quality pictures.
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The wealth of information from all the gentleman here is astounding.
I thank you very much. Always helpful and very pleasant. Thanks Iowa0 -
They were made by BSA in England for Australian Cadets. Also made be Wesley Richards, and Greener. and even a Japanese company made some (but I haven't seen one yet). Alot of them were stamped (on the right side of the butt) for the various States of Australia that they were issued in (NSW for New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia) and some were stamped CMF (Citizens Military Force) and these were used by the CMF before the outbreak of WWII in 1939 (as I remember reading).There should be a Kangaroo in the receiver engraved on the top of the receiver near the barrel. Sometimes these have been polished off. Cheers,PLads
ps. I got a stack of them.0
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