Thread: All things BSA

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

The CF2 are all the same action length. Easiest ID is to see the actual bolt. The CF2 bolt has a bar on the side that rotates as the bolt is worked. It sits in the same position as the extractor claw assembly on a Mauser action

Also the cf2 has the brass firing indercator above the bolt.
The jeweling is an upgrade

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

The ad states that a BSA 'Hunting Rifle' won the Bisley sniper comp. Any info on this ?

Best place would be to ask Bisley. They have a fiarly good record of stuff

There is a chap in New Plymouth with a couple of new BSA barrels to fit the older centrefire rifles.

Originally Posted by Dicko

Paremata, yes that is a cf2, a ruffy at that!

He's taken it down now, yeah t was rough as guts

308 Viscount. Absolute minter, nice sharp chequering, no dings in the stock and blue is all very good. Interesting twist in there for those with sharp eyes also...

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

308 Viscount. Absolute minter, nice sharp chequering, no dings in the stock and blue is all very good. Interesting twist in there for those with sharp eyes also...
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Do they all have those stock pins?
And where's the safety?
And your transmission is in "D" too

Originally Posted by Tahr

Do they all have those stock pins?
And where's the safety?
And your transmission is in "D" too

I've not seen many with pins so maybe it was done as an "upgrade" back in the days or something, good though as a lot of viscounts/hunters/magestics etc I've seen are cracked behind the tang. Safety is there where they all are..

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

308 Viscount. Absolute minter, nice sharp chequering, no dings in the stock and blue is all very good. Interesting twist in there for those with sharp eyes also...
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Drilled for scope mounts, checkering on these were flat top from factory not sharp pointy diamonds & the stock pins are an addition too
Nevertheless it's a lovely piece...

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Someone has refurbished that stock with taste and craft. Nicely done. And they took the time to polish out the "Hunter" on the side of the action too! (Thats me being sarky.)

I havnt seen a featherweight stock cracked at the tang before, but they often get little splits at the foretip.

Very nice , yes those crossbolts have been added , my guess is it’s cracked longituadly between mag box a trigger cutout out possibly in the rear tang area as well , might only be visible when action removed from stock , anyway it’s still very nice and the bolts don’t look too bad at all , plenty of life left in that old girl .

Wowee that's a beaut alright.

Nice looking BSA imperial in 30-06
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...4?bof=o4zEsFbU

Indeed JohnDuxbury I have a lovely 1954 BSA stamped "Hunter" on the Receiver in .22 Hornet. Maybe the only one in NZ?

The UK John Knibbs Website confirms the 54-55 stamped "Hunters" were factory produced in .22 Hornet, as well as .222. But likely not many .22 Hornets were in fact supplied.

Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

Well, only by people who confused the ads I suppose. They were not sold or advertised as Hunters in NZ but the pictures of the rifles did look the same. Its probably the same as most people thinking all PArker Hales were "Safaris"".

This is the BSA Viscount, imperial etc. (This ad from 1957) Superceded by the BSA Majestic around 1959-60




This is the BSA Hunter from 1954. (They actually had "Hunter" stamped on the left side receiver wall.) The first BSA designed modern sporting rifle. Was only made in .222 (although someone said they had one in .22 Hornet once)

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....act%20supplied.

The built in recoil reducer^ was magnaporting wasn't it?