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Comment: Used Lee Speed BSA 375 x 2.25NE rifle in very good condition. This rifle was originally a BSA 303 that has been converted to 375x2.25NE. Comes with dies, cases, ammo and 2nd magazine. Excerpt below from email we have from Lee Speed. Lee-Speed sporter A890. Neil and I discussed this one maybe 8 years ago. It has a very interesting story. This rifle was originally in .303 calibre but the bore was completely shot out. His friend bought it and sent the barrel to a gunsmith in South Australia, who bored it out and rifled it for .375. Because it was a Speed, Neil pressured his friend for it, then bought two pieces of wood and took it all to a gunsmith friend in Melbourne and he chambered it, reassembled and head spaced it. (I am a little unclear on exactly which parts came from the friend's rifle and which parts Neil supplied). Neil said it still shoots true to the original sights. He said he modified the lips of the magazine, because they were for .303 and did not like the different round. It was originally a ten round magazine, but now fits four or five at a squeeze. So, this rifle is a rebuild...not original...a "bubba" as we say here in the States...but it's a "bubba" by Neil Speed! It was also the very first "Lee-Speed Patents' rifle that Neil ever bought. That alone gives it a great provenance, and I would prefer to own this treasure more than a factory original .375. The differences between this one and a factory .375 would be the sights, the mag cut off, mag, and of course the markings (BSA&M never made the .375-it hadn't been invented yet. BSA&M switched their name back to BSA circa 1897). For more on the .375 Lee-Speed, watch for the next HBSA Journal, which will contain my article on the .375 Lee-Speed. Book: A7-3199 - Serial No: A890 Must have appropriate licence to purchase this item. If purchasing outside of Hunter Valley, firearm will be transferred to another dealer. Freight to WA not available.

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