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Shamu
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Posted: February 13 2016 at 4:17pm |
Went to the Chantilly, VA gunshow & saw 2 .22 SMLE trainers.
One was a non matching bolt (no serial number, it had been ground off), with a sleeved barrel for $350. I don't recall any other one quite like it where the barrel had been sleeved the tip of the tube was about 1/4" proud of the original muzzle & there was a hex nut clamping it in place? The other was a dedicated 1918 BSA but they wanted $1,200.oo for it. Too rich for my blood. |
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Bear43
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The one with the hex nut, there are kits nowadays that use a hex nut at the front to convert a .303 to a .22 with a liner. Kind of sounds like one of those.
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could be that or it might have been a parker hale ,
that second was really high priced
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Zed
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Sounds like the USA may be catching up with European prices for the rarer stuff!
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Shamu
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I'm not sure on the tubed one. Once I saw the ground off bolt serial number I lost interest. "Morriss tube" comes to mind for the sleeved barrels IIRC.
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BlackAck
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Shame. It's silly money really.
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