Thread: All things BSA

Shame you don’t have the spring

I have a CF2 in .222. Came with an older Bushnell scope with a massive 55 or 60mm end on it, (can't be arsed opening the safe to check.). Probably the best grouping rifle I own but weighs a ton. I'm interested in reading about custom stocks on the CF2. I wouldn't want to mess with the original one, quite attractive in its own way. But cutting the carry weight might be useful. How much do you reduce with less wood? I would have thought most of the weight would be in the metal. And I really don't want to mess with the barrel length given how it shoots.

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 reckon I may have seen your 222 forsale in Dunedin years ago.....just combo of huge objective scope and 222 sticks in my mind..it was cheap enough too.

I reckon if you love the rifle a new barrel for 1000 isnt out of world but you got a .223 now so the trebly can stay origonal and retain collector value. unless youwant to headshoot bunnies at hundy yards,and maybe want to pop goats at hundy-150 the trebly is going to have to be pretty shot out not to do the job ok.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I reckon I may have seen your 222 forsale in Dunedin years ago.....just combo of huge objective scope and 222 sticks in my mind..it was cheap enough too.

I reckon if you love the rifle a new barrel for 1000 isnt out of world but you got a .223 now so the trebly can stay origonal and retain collector value. unless youwant to headshoot bunnies at hundy yards,and maybe want to pop goats at hundy-150 the trebly is going to have to be pretty shot out not to do the job ok.

The trebbly is just fine, barrel is shiny and crisp and like I said, it overlaps shot after shot. I liked the action so much I was looking for a Beezer in 7x57mm..the one that came up had minor pitting at chamber end of bore. So I thought to buy and use it until a new barrel was indicated but frankly, the GS put me off the idea. Bought an Interarms Mark X instead

interarms mark X,,,got a funny feeling that the same as the zastava LOL.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Shame you don’t have the spring

It used the same follower so when changed back to standard the spring ended up where? Surprised the casting is still around. Next time I'm near a local gunsmith will get into his box of springs.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

interarms mark X,,,got a funny feeling that the same as the zastava LOL.

Interarms Birmingham UK. Not sure what their relationship was to the Interarms of USA who imported various firearms. Birmingham lot apparently bought bulk Zastava actions and barreled actions, put their gunsmiths to work polishing and refining and deep bluing. Not to mention nice wood. They might not be as upmarket as some but the Mark X M98 has a very good rep in its various calibres. I have one in 308 with original wood and the one in 7x57mm in synthetic. Both with carry wear but very good shooters, slick polished actions and very nice to use. Shows yiu what a little patient rubbing can do with a Zastava. Anyway, back to beezers...

https://www.trademe.co.nz/3549603817

This is not my rifle and no I'm not buying it. I am interested in folks responses to the job the seller has done on it. How much does that cerakote job even cost? What does it do to value? Does it hide minor pitting/ rust? Would you do this to a classic? Under what circumstances?

I have to say, he has got a pretty good result if you can countenance what he has done. Eh?

@Jhon yeah I put a new barrel and stock on mine after picking it up at action in the uk for cheap. The cost of the set trigger if brought alone.
Was hard to get out of the action took a little soaking and heat. Which was a stress but here I could have sold the trigger and made that back for the entire rifle cost.
Still into minds if I want to restock but if I do find a donor I’ll post it here.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

@Jhon yeah I put a new barrel and stock on mine after picking it up at action in the uk for cheap. The cost of the set trigger if brought alone.
Was hard to get out of the action took a little soaking and heat. Which was a stress but here I could have sold the trigger and made that back for the entire rifle cost.
Still into minds if I want to restock but if I do find a donor I’ll post it here.Attachment 194476

Mine does not have a set trigger unfortunately. Didn't know they were a part you could add to a CF2

Yep you can add. Just two roll pins hold em in.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Yep you can add. Just two roll pins hold em in.

Source? Dumb question but what am I looking/asking for exactly?

Hey @john try looking at https://www.airgunspares.com/gunspar...a/cf2.html?p=2