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Just picked these up from Liberty Tree collectors and I have to say I am pretty impressed by the condition of these guns. A nice 1908 BSA receiver with an Australian replacement barrel. It doesn't have all the early features but that's not a bad thing as it's still a nice Australian rebuild.
Then the 1916 BSA. Surprisingly the bore is in extremely nice shape and at 50 yards can manage about an inch with PPU. I had to grab one of the grenade cups as well. Took me a few hours to get this one apart and completely cleaned. Unfortunately the king screw was damaged so I have a new one on the way.
The commerce which maybe carried on with the people inhabiting the line you will pursue renders a knowledge of these people important ~Thomas Jefferson~ (to- Lewis and Clark)
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Way ahead of you. I whipped up some blanks with some spare cases and IMR4895 and it lobs tennis balls about 75 yards with a very satisfying FLOONK noise.
GOOD RIDDANCE LGR!! If there isn't a gun range in heaven, then I'm going to hell.
Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State. Heinrich Himmler
Those are both beauties! Thanks for posting pics. 