Was Somebody Looking for a Boys Anti-tank Rifle?

[stencollector]

I note a Boys rifle and an accessory kit just showed up on Collectors source website. Makes me kind of glad I bought mine 8 years back before the prices went truly insane. I also bought my breech cover and accessories about 5 years back from out of the US. I thought I may have paid too much, but I am feeling better about it now.
ww w.collectorssource.com/boys-anti-tank-rifle-mark-1.html
ww w.collectorssource.com/boys-anti-tank-rifle-mark-1-accessories-lot.html

The triple pouches on the back of the web belt are a new one on me. Anyone seen these before?

 

[Bunner]

wholly!!! where do you get ammo for that sucker...??? probably costs just as much to shoot it as it does to buy the whole rifle!

 

[stencollector]

Ammo will run from $35 to $50 when you can find it. It is not the kind of rifle you go plinking with.

Mine is converted to 50 BMG....much more affordable to shoot at $6 to $9 a round.

 

[tootall]

$9000 and $2000 !
Collectors Source is pricey, but thats HUGE bucks.

 

[smellie]

You can make up .55 Boys brass quite easily. You start with .50BMG, FL size, open the case-mouth to handle a .562" bullet. Then you very lightly knurl just at the base of the case body and sweat or low-temperature silver-solder on a headspacing belt and lathe-turn it to finished dimensions.

MUCH cheaper than original brass AND you can use standard BMG primers, too.

Boys deliberately started with the .50 BMG casing because it was already available. Bonus for us.pening out the mouth enabled the .562" projo to run at 44% more power than a full-house BMG round AND at lower pressures at the same time.

There is a REASON for all those big old casings.

Hope this helps.
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[Tyler]

But what would you make bullets from? I would assume lead would be too delicate for full pressure. Or you could buy some custom molds and dies and make your own?

 

[wheaty]

the pouches don't show up in any of the training manuals I have...
Anyone got any .55 ammo for sale ??

 

[mbogo3]

I think Trade-ex has some projectiles for it? Harold

 

[MapleSugar]

I'd love to have one of those things in .50 BMG and set up for a lefty.

They are built so strong, I'd rather have one of them than a Barrett.

that is, if I could afford either.

 

[667]

$9k...?

Crazy.. Considering it probably only cost $100 to build back in the 40's

 

[John Sukey]

Since you have the rifle, I found a socket for a Boys in the junk box. I would like to give it so someone who could use it. Markings, Rifle Boys Mk1
Not worth keeping , but too good to throw out

 

[stencollector]

I believe that socket is for removing the bipod on the mk1 version of the boys rifle.