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Old 03-19-2017, 02:08 AM
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It is not a "rebuild", but it has been refurbished, including refinished, at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory in New South Wales, Australia, in 1955. The Lithgow FTR (Factory Thorough Repair) was pretty minimalist and left things like hammer and trigger original, and stampings sharp, so is frequently taken for original. But it is documented on the right frame. MA = Munitions Australia. D^D is an Australian military property mark. The symbols below the FTR I can't interpret right now.

Most of the Australian BSR's were imported after the GCA of 1968 by VEGA of Sacramento and therefore had to be marked with the importer stamp. The cylinder should still be in the original .38 S&W caliber, not bored out for .38 Special like happened to a lot of British-surplused BSR's.

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