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My grandad was in '57....1st Mardiv, 1st regiment, Camp Pendleton. Weapons company 2nd battalion under Lt. TJ Pentecost. I know he trained with one. Anybody else there by chance?

Would you happen to have a picture of this? I for one would certainly like to see this... Not to mention feel vindicated over a few of my earlier statements on Long branches using savage parts.

Thanks JB. I know when I've been schooled, and I do know that now. But as for the long branch/savage rifles, wasn't the reason that long branch made the no4 mk1* because the ones rolling out of...

I'm fairly sure that some of long branch no4's required parts made from savage at one point. That seems extremely clannish to not be using both plants to make rifles that were basically the same...

I would almost say it was pre-war if not for the 1941 stamp... So this was still before they were collaborating with the US on the standardization of parts from the lend-lease act. That's incredible,...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it wasn't a no4 mk1*, if I read that correctly, but a full on no4 mk1. Which would be rare coming from the long branch arsenal?

I guess there definition of "beyond local repair" was a bit overstated, eh? Well that's definitely a good bit of information, thank you. I have a feeling this wear and tear was caused after it was...

Well that is certainly useful knowledge to have. The gentleman I got my no1 mk3 from still has some bullets that he never reloaded, so hopefully soon I can get my hands on them and test it. I do hope...

Well that's fairly simple, I'll have to pull a bullet out this weekend and try that. I wouldn't call my savage extremely accurate... My 1916 BSA no1 mk3 is like night and day in comparison, and it's...

I can pull one of the bullets from some loaded ammo I have. What would work best, FMJ military, FMJ aftermarket or soft point?

Good to know. I'd hate to have to put a riser on my stock. My savage doesn't eject the surplus Greek stuff very well, but commercial seems to work fine... I wonder why that is?

Will do, thanks merc. Do you find the optics sit too high, or is it a good fit for the standard stock? Also, my savage needed the chamber significantly cleaned and polished to extract properly, how...

Thanks JB. I've seen the S&K mounts before, so I'll look into them. Good to know they are approved around here to begin with.

Thanks Art. I'm not out of my Greek stuff yet, but I'm not ready to pull the trigger on this stuff. I remember a while back that they opened up a bunker in Pakistan or India and it was just loaded...

So I have been mulling about scoping my 1942 savage-Stevens no4 mk1*. Haven't decided what mount yet, but I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction of a solid smithless scope. I saw...

So do you think they found this ammo in the UK or some former commonwealth bunker?

So my local shop has a new never been fired iver Johnson ww2 commemorative edition (1941-1991) for 695... Is it a good rifle and/or a good deal? Also, one of the carbines has an m14 style flash...

Update: polished the chamber, with some help from a friend, and she shoots just like a battle rifle should!

Yeah, that idiot that mounted the scope base was me. Trying to see how accurate and how far out this rifle goes. I bought the no4 explicitly for scoping, and I still like my BSA better. And as for...

So that's the question, why did Australia have it? I've heard that they were short on sniper rifles at the onset of the Second World War, so they scoped a bunch of no1 mk3's, as well as pressed a...

It's actually a rectangle/square with an arrow through it. Mean anything to you?

I was cleaning my BSA mk3 today, and I noticed these markings on the left side of the receiver, near the barrel. Anyone know what they mean? I would assume some arsenal markings, or proof marks, as...

JB, thanks again. Keeps me from doing something stupid with my rifle. Smokey, picked some ppu a few weeks ago, so it's going down range very soon, thanks for the tip.

Thanks JB, worth a shot. Also, if it calls for it, I have a brand new no1 mk3 barrel still in cosmoline... Are they compatible with no4 actions?

How can you tell the age or year?