Excellent article on Long Lee target rifles!

[superbee]

https://www.collectorsfirearms.com/blog/post/bsa-303-long-lee-target-rifles.html

 

[enefgee]

Very informative, and an interesting look at a world sadly long gone.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

A bargain in 1907 at 146 quid a piece, less if you ordered a dozen.

 

[Eaglelord17]

3500$ in todays money, fairly pricy at the time

 

[green]

A bargain in 1907 at 146 quid a piece, less if you ordered a dozen.

146 shillings about $36.50 C at the time

 

[slug]

146 shillings about $36.50 C at the time

A quid is one pound.

 

[green]

A quid is one pound.

Exactly
However 1909 BSA catalogue gives price as 142/6 rh column being pence 6, lh shillings 142 and column for pounds not entered.

 

[enefgee]

I was born in the UK, and I have no clue how my parents functioned with Pounds, Shillings and Pence. Makes no sense at all. Like weight, what is it, 14 pounds to the stone? WTF is that?

 

[StoneHorse]

I was born in the UK, and I have no clue how my parents functioned with Pounds, Shillings and Pence. Makes no sense at all. Like weight, what is it, 14 pounds to the stone? WTF is that?

How about a foot (12 inches). The length of some long dead king or nobleman's foot from heal to big toe!

Whoops, off topic.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

I was born in the UK, and I have no clue how my parents functioned with Pounds, Shillings and Pence. Makes no sense at all. Like weight, what is it, 14 pounds to the stone? WTF is that?

And weren't there two different values for a Pound?

In any case, we are considering pricey specialty rifles made to very closely follow the service rifle drawings, only better.