Thread: All things BSA

Originally Posted by ANTSMAN

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

AKA Loudner

Originally Posted by Copelli

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.

Have seen a few Hornets around but more in .222.

Originally Posted by tetawa

Have seen a few Hornets around but more in .222.

That's good to know thanks. I have never seen or heard of another stamped 'Hunter' in .22 Hornet in NZ, but I know that you know a lot about BSA's.

Originally Posted by ANTSMAN

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

The brake that BSA did was marketed as the BESSA which is an acronym for which I can't remember.Wasnt magnaporting which mite have been Weetherby??.The BESSA brake could be "turned off" by slipping over a female sleeve profiled to the muzzle contour with corresponding machined close outs opposite each port.Held in place with a machine screw.

In this thread https://www.thestalkingdirectory.co....counts.143329/ it is briefly mentioned that the BSA viscount was produced with a fiberglass stock and only 5 were produced. Has anyone ever heard of or seen one of these rifles?
The reason I ask is because of this:

Hard to tell if there is a few "unicorns" out there and if this indeed is one of those unicorns but it is a very "period" looking fiberglass stock although in great condition, however I do realize aftermarket options have been released over the years although the ones I have seen have been obviously more modern productions than the rifle themselves.

Corporal Trading in Oz made a few stocks for these, from memory. Nick Harvey used one for his 284 custom.

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I'd love to get a hold of a copy of John Knibbs book which apparently sheds some light on a lot of things. There seems to be so many discrepancies with serial numbers, hunter marked actions etc it's all a bit overwhelming sometimes! From what I gather from that brief mention of his book Imperials marked with 11B were all 243 apart from the 5 that were in the factory glass stocks which were 7x57 but who knows, my 308 is marked C3B which isn't even on the list!

Picked it up today. My little collection has started

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Picked it up today. My little collection has started

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Careful , collecting old guns can get very addictive and a hard habit to get rid of LOL

Not bad for an old girl. Factory S&B 140 soft point

Good to see you didn’t deface our logo!
Showing promise. Enough to go hunting I reckon.

While not as collectable as older BSA sporting rifles, the Monarch models are well made, have good ergonomics and in my case shoot well. This is a .243 Win I bought f my son as first rifle some 10 years back.




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Originally Posted by Dicko

While not as collectable as older BSA sporting rifles, the Monarch models are well made, have good ergonomics and in my case shoot well. This is a .243 Win I bought f my son as first rifle some 10 years back.




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From memory they are heafty but very workable.

Just on 4kg scoped with 3-9 leupold and unloaded. Pretty manageable.


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Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

I was wondering why he put a dot on and didn't just shoot skippy.

Because he recognises a sacred symbol!


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