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ncsammy

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My “Benchmark” y series BCD 4

The serial # of my y series BCD 4, shown in the pictures below, is about 3,500 higher than the y series BCD 4 in this thread. To the best of my knowledge, my rifle is all original and, as such, it can be used as a benchmark to compare the correctness of the rifle under discussion. The major points on my y series BCD 4:

- Serial #s appear only on the barrel and the bolt parts (ex the extractor), and there are no other serial #s;

- All the parts are parkerized;

- The trigger guard and floor plate are milled, and marked with the letter d (trigger guard) or the number 1 (floor plate); the right side of the receiver also has the number 1;

- The rear sight base and some other rear sight parts are stamped with the letter i and/or a WaA 1 inspector’s mark;

- Perhaps the most outstanding characteristic of my BCD 4 is the roughness of the stock’s finish. You can see the machining marks on the wood in several of the close ups, including the bottom of the extra thick butt stock, as well as how crudely the letter C is stamped on the underside of the stock.

I suspect my BCD 4 was made very late in 1944, and I’m not sure if anything significant changed in the production from the one in this thread that was about 3,500 lower in serial number.
 

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More pictures of my y series BCD4
 

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Last set of pictures of my y series BCD 4
 

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Yes, very nice piece. Was the y-block the last letter block before the 5-digit series started? A quick glance at the KM book appears to indicate it was. Thx/
 
Yes, very nice piece. Was the y-block the last letter block before the 5-digit series started? A quick glance at the KM book appears to indicate it was. Thx/

We have a z block bcd 45 receviered RC listed in the serial number study. If that's real or not I couldn't say. AFAIK that's also the lowest reported serial number for a rifle with a bcd 45 receiver so as a single piece of data it's a bit shaky and needs similar observed examples to be accepted as fact. FWIW I wouldn't be surprised to see z block bcd 4/45's. It's just a block of 10,000 rifles so the lack of observed examples isn't too surprising to me.
 
I don't see how you could have a Z block bcd45 myself- the bcd45 rifles weren't manufactured for another 60-70,000 guns from the Z block. I always thought it was just a Russian letter stamped on the rifle making it look like a Z block.

I do think there are bcd4 marked Z blocks though.
 
I do think there are bcd4 marked Z blocks though.

That's where I am on the subject too. As a single serial number the z block bcd 45 doesn't mean much, particularly as that number likely came off of a Cole's list of rifles for sale instead of being handled by someone here in person or seen in photos.
 

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