It is certainly a BSA, they were all made with an action body shape similar to the Facile Princeps but were of course A&D actions.

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Note the action shape and screw and pins placement on the BSA BLE “specially made for Fletchers of Gloucester”.

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And the shape of the bottom plate (loads of room for engraving).

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Dovetailed chopper lumps.

Sooo … inside my £150 (if I am lucky) BSA lurks a $6,995 best boxlock just waiting to be liberated by a good action filer, engraver and stocker (the existing walnut, straight grained with a “fiddle back” ain’t bad).

I believe BSA directors and senior employees may have used De Luxe models.

I wonder if one of them made this anonymous example as a “show and tell” gun - “Who do you think made this?”

Last edited by Parabola; 01/10/24 10:25 AM.