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Lot 42
B.S.A MARTINI CADET S/S RIFLE
Passed
Starting Bid: AU$200
Est.
AU$300 - AU$500
Live Auction
4th and 5th May 2024, Australian Fine Arms Auction
Live bidding began May 4, 2024 at 10 AM AEST
Description
B.S.A MARTINI CADET S/S RIFLE: 310 cal; 25 1/4" barrel with f. to g. bore with well-defined rifling throughout, some pitting oxidation scale, should clean out; thinning original blued finish now a mottled grey patina; MADE BY THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS Co. Ltd to top of barrel & lhs of action, the latter with TRADE MARKS/ B.S.A. & piled arms motif; COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA to rhs & Kangaroo trademark to top of breech; matching numbers; action functioning well, strong sears & springs; std. tangent sights graduated 100yd – 6; blade foresight; woodwork in f. cond. but still sound, has been stripped back; markings to rhs of stock are faint, head of stock chipped; steel butt plate; overall in g. wo & f. cond #71619. L/R