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3/28/2022 3:27:11 PM

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Section 6: Rifles
Subject: Magazine Cutoff Msg# 1156464

From:

Allan Tarvid

Joined 10/5/2000

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Robert Bauersmith (Read)

Joined 6/11/2007

That old Sedgley came through my favorite gun shop in Helena, MT, and I had to buy it. It was a beautifully built sporter and was more accurate than I could shoot with a load I worked up for it. I kept it until I could no longer see iron sights and traded it off.

I did a quick check online and the few Sedgley sporters I could find are selling for between $1,300 and $2,000, with exceptional collector examples priced as high as $3,000. I'm guessing that the one I had would go for around $1,500-$1,700.

Here are more pictures of it:

Image below from Allan Tarvid - Image Title: Sedgley Sporter
Image Info: An '03 Springfield sporterized by Sedgley of Pennsylvania probably some time around the Second World War.

Image below from Allan Tarvid - Image Title: Sedgley Sporter
Image Info: Sedgley sporters of this era had no serial numbers. My research indicates that they either used custom barrels or re-contoured military barrels and put only the company name and "S" mark on them.

For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
I would love to know what that beauty is worth today?

Image below from Allan Tarvid - Image Title: Magazine Cutoff
Image Info: Sedgley Springfield-based sporters included the military action's magazine cutoff which allowed the shooter to single-load rounds until "rapid fire" was needed, then he flipped the lever to access the magazine and blazed away. Back when military rifles were transitioning from single-shot guns to being magazine-fed this was probably considered the equivalent of spray-and-pray shooting.

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