Chris Boonzaier Posted 30 November , 2009 Share Posted 30 November , 2009 HI, Does anyone know if there are any BSA production figures? I am keen to know approx when a Lewis Gun (number 205XX) was made. I am guessing 1915-16... but it is a wild guess based on nothing. Thanks Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted 30 November , 2009 Share Posted 30 November , 2009 Acceptances of Lewis guns at BSA were: 1914 8 1915 3,650 1916 21,615 1817 45,528 1918 62,303 Total 133,104 That puts your gun in the second half of 1916. Regards TonyE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted 30 November , 2009 Author Share Posted 30 November , 2009 Thank ye very much! Probably a X-Mas production ;-) All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 30 November , 2009 Share Posted 30 November , 2009 1817 45,528 Pre-production models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew lucas Posted 30 November , 2009 Share Posted 30 November , 2009 and how common to have a mismatched gun? i'm thinking 241** on the main body and 421** where the magazine fits and possibly 68** near the trigger, any ideas? matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted 30 November , 2009 Share Posted 30 November , 2009 Pre-production models Touche (without the accent) Cheers tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted 30 November , 2009 Share Posted 30 November , 2009 and how common to have a mismatched gun? i'm thinking 241** on the main body and 421** where the magazine fits and possibly 68** near the trigger, any ideas? matt Pretty common I would suggest, especially if they have been passed around various nations in the last ninety years, stripped, put back together, etc., etc. Regards TonyE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew lucas Posted 30 November , 2009 Share Posted 30 November , 2009 any ideas on to dates? matt 24188 and 42188 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted 30 November , 2009 Share Posted 30 November , 2009 Based on the acceptance figures I gave above, the cumulative number of Lewis guns accepted by the end of each year were: 1914 cum. total 8 1915 cum. total 3658 1916 cum. total 25273 1917 cum. total 70801 1918 cum. total 133104 That puts your 24188 in late 1916 and 42188 around April / May 1917. Do you think that two of the digits were juxtaposed on yours? It seems rather a coincidence if two guns with such similar numbers were being put back together at the same time. Regards TonyE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew lucas Posted 30 November , 2009 Share Posted 30 November , 2009 those numbers are on the one gun also 6819 near the trigger, matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 30 November , 2009 Share Posted 30 November , 2009 Matt, I concur with Tony E...my gun numbered 46718 I date to late May early June 1917. By 1917 they were producing 4,000 ground models every month! Mixed numbers is common. My gun has matched numbers however a recent batch on the market (most with desert / sand coloured paint finish) have all had the number totally erased on the top plate / body cover! Then renumbered with a much lower number. As an aside I pass the old BSA factory ( what is left) frequently and always think of the iconic gun produced there in the years 1914 - 1919! Regards TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzmaximilian Posted 14 December , 2009 Share Posted 14 December , 2009 Very poor taste for the title of this thread.... Too many had a date with such a gun but didn't came back to tell us the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Finneran Posted 9 January , 2010 Share Posted 9 January , 2010 Very poor taste for the title of this thread.... Too many had a date with such a gun but didn't came back to tell us the story. Franz I don't think there was any intention or link as you might think. Dating refers to calendar issues not the 'modern' dating translation. Good to see like minded people sensitive to sacrifice but there was no connection here. Please don't take this as comment on translation etc. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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