Thread: All things BSA

The other thing I wanted to ask, several posters have mentioned rebarreling. Asked my GS a couple of years ago when a lovely 7x57 was on offer with a poor barrel. He noted there was a lot of hand cutting to fit a new barrel to a BSA action. Not straight forward. At the time, allowing $600 for a barrel he estimated $1000 total to supply and fit. Guess you would have to love the original wood and action eh?

Or do y'all think that is worth it? Cheers

Originally Posted by Jhon

The other thing I wanted to ask, several posters have mentioned rebarreling. Asked my GS a couple of years ago when a lovely 7x57 was on offer with a poor barrel. He noted there was a lot of hand cutting to fit a new barrel to a BSA action. Not straight forward. At the time, allowing $600 for a barrel he estimated $1000 total to supply and fit. Guess you would have to love the original wood and action eh?

Or do y'all think that is worth it? Cheers

The extra work involved in fitting a barrel to an early BSA (or any other rifle with a Mauser type extractor) is about 30-45 minutes. Not a big deal but it does require some hand work. It could be done on a mill but that would take longer to set-up and do.

I have a very good 7x57 barrel here. PM me and I will be in New Plymouth in 2 weeks.