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Dragunov 
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 Topic: Serial # QuestionPosted: May 11 2023 at 8:49am |
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A friend has offered a matching No 4 Mk1 to me with a 1942 date. The seriel #K65XX has me confused a bit. Is this a BSA Shirley?
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Goosic
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Posted: May 11 2023 at 8:21pm |
I know with some authority that Maltby serial numbers start with a 1 after a letter or two, AB12345. Fazakerley starts with a 2 after letters, BC23456 and BSA Shirley starts with a 3 after letters, CD34567. Savage would look like 73C2642 and Long Branch would look like 15L1885. It sounds as if your rifle was scrubbed and re-serialized...
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lance
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Posted: May 12 2023 at 1:36am |
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A single or double letter followed by 4 numbers on a 1941-1943 dated rifle is most likely BSA, if it has not had its serial number changed in service. BSA did not start the single letter followed by 3 until 1944. However a "few" late 1943 dated rifles with and without a letter and 3 have been noted which appear to be initially rejected bodies that were repaired and reinserted into production.
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Dragunov
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Posted: May 13 2023 at 4:54am |
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Thank you Lance.
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Sapper740
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Posted: May 13 2023 at 5:30am |
Look on P. 25 of "For Collector's Only Volume 2" by Stratton, it has all the prefixes and number ranges for the No. 4 rifle. Yes, your rifle falls within the Shirley range.
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