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Old July 11, 2009, 20:21   #1
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This bolt is ...

#9602104 B 61 on top
"P" on bottom rear
"X" on LH side
What looks like crossed flags and a crown ep'd on RH side
#A165725 ep'd on bottom
2-pc firing pin

British, BSA, Inch?

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Old July 11, 2009, 21:25   #2
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Re: This bolt is ...

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#9602104 B 61 on top
The number is a part number I believe. Because most other part numbers I have seen started with 960. B is BSA 61 is 1961. So it is British made by Birmingham Small Arms.

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#A165725 ep'd on bottom
I believe that is your serial number.
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Old July 14, 2009, 21:09   #3
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South African built R1, sold to Rhodesia for the Bush War. That EP
# is an RA. The P is for Preatoria. Definately metric!

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Old July 14, 2009, 22:21   #4
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South African built R1, sold to Rhodesia for the Bush War. That EP
# is an RA. The P is for Preatoria. Definately metric!

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Nope. See above.
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Nope. See above.
Yep! Read it again. Crossed flags electro penciled = Austrailian.

Not metric!!! I stand corrected!

(of course, pics of the bolt would have gone a long way...)

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Old July 18, 2009, 10:31   #6
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Hmmm.. ok!

I was fairly sure that the B 61 indicated that it was a BSA part, interesting to know that it's Australian. So crossed flags + crown is the dead giveaway that it comes from the land down under, then?

Apologize for the lack of pics, but it's unlikely that my crappy camera (and its inept user) would have provided any useful images. That, and the part has been refinished blue (black).. very hard to catch the light correctly to show up the light ep'd marks.

Thanks for the assistance.

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