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Dave Colbourne
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Is it me, or do the markings on the receiver look a bit iffy. I don't have a BSA Martini myself, mine's an Enfield, but I would have thought there would have been a full stop after the A and before the &. Also the stamps for the Mark 2 under the arrow look very strange, not much like Roman numerals. I wonder if this is a Khyber Pass special knocked up recently. I don't think I'd want to shoot it.
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rayb
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not sure on that but I'm sure trasure bunker would spot a fake how about you guys is it a fake or the real mccoy
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Sawubona
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You know, Dave, I agree with both your "iffy" judgment and your inability to quite put your finger on the reason why. It just doesn't look right to me either. What I noticed, in addition to the roman numeral "MK II" stamp (which doesn't seem to be centered on anything), is that the whole cypher seems too be a bit high on the receiver and the date stamp just has no discipline-- it's not in a particularly straight line and the spacing between the numbers just isn't quite right. I think that it's a knock-off too, but a very good one. Maybe a lot of vintage parts put together with a lot of knock-off parts to produce a "bitza" ("bits of this and bits of that")? Besides, how many authentic Martinis are going to be offered to servicemen in Afghan bazaars in 2010? They haven't thumbed their noses at Westerners for hundreds of years by being fools!
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Neil Aspinshaw
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Its another Afghan "Wrongun" and what you guys have not spotted immediately is that its a Mk3, not a Mk2. Forend is fixed by strap not a cross pin, and long sight bed gives it away., the second I have seen in as many weeks
The Receiver marks are a poor copy and is engraved not stamped The "11" is engraved and in the wrong position Lock viewers mark is incorrect Afghan Bitsa, bits of this and that... don't be fooled. |
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