Aussie butt question

miketv · Post by **miketv** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:18 am

Greetings all,

I've had this old girl around for awhile and was wondering if anyone could help me decipher the buttstock markings. In particular I'd like to find out what "ARR" represents. The rifle is a 1908 BSA and appears to have spent some time in New South Wales.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/ ... 08butt.jpg[/pic]

Thanks,

Mike

bradtx · Post by **bradtx** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:06 am

Mike, During another thunderstorm here I tried to find what ARR meant. I can't find a thing that seems to fit.

Here's a short list that may ring a bell with somebody:

Aux. rifle

rifle regiment

rail road

rifle reserve

artillary rifle (seemed disposed to the BIG guns)

Take Care, Brad

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:15 am

After delving into my vast library and some hours of research I am able to tell you that.......

Actually I asked on 'Australian Firearms Discussion Forum' and one of the members asked on another forum and the answer is that ARR stands for Australian Rifle Regement and that it disappeared in Army reorganization around 1912-16 and was the ancestor of the 4th Royal New South Wales Regement (4 RNSWR)

Eoin.

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:33 am

A bit more info from the same forum

http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/ba ... oulder.jpg

Marvellous what comes up.

Eoin.

bradtx · Post by **bradtx** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:40 am

Eoin, I too am happy to see results! This search had become a bit of a quest.

regards, Brad

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:46 pm

I went a bit further and typed inhttp://www.diggerhistory.info

and came upon a site that I had no idea existed loads of info on Aust. Army.

Eoin.

miketv · Post by **miketv** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:46 pm

Brad & Eoin,

Thank you gentlemen! I have wondered about this for sometime and my books didn't have any reference to it. I truly appreciate the time you took to help.

kind regards,

Mike