Thread: BSA centrefire variants

@Mathias , nice , I still have my original Buttplate off my Viscount , if somebody has an original rifle missing a Buttplate you know who to PM .

Originally Posted by Lucky

These old Kowa 4x scopes were good as well , as you can see it has been well used but glass still clear , Parker Hale mounts
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Got a very nice 4x one of those with slightly fatter sniper reticle with ph rings and several sets of bases from red rover (rip) last year. Good price too
Havent shot through it yet though

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

I had my suspicions about the stock being original too.

It may be a herters bsa u9 ??

Does a BSA long tom count?

Originally Posted by tetawa

They are Sportmatch from Gunworks, like Parker Hale only come in 2 heights so anything scope wise over 40mm objective forces you into the highs.

Cheers tetawa, I went to Gunworks and asked about the Sportmatch as I have a set on a 22. They told me that Sportmatch only come in 15mm.
I thought that I could machine a slice off some standard dovetails and screw + loctite those onto the BSA dovetails to bring them up to a standard height and thickness then use the leupold PRW rings.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Cheers tetawa, I went to Gunworks and asked about the Sportmatch as I have a set on a 22. They told me that Sportmatch only come in 15mm.
I thought that I could machine a slice off some standard dovetails and screw + loctite those onto the BSA dovetails to bring them up to a standard height and thickness then use the leupold PRW rings.

Was thinking of machining down an old set of PH rings ( bottom half) then fitting a picatinny rail to them, easier to fit a night vision to the rail.

Can l just say Thanks to everyone sharing their knowledge & interesting tales ,l have looked forward to sitting down reading this post each night before bed. This Forum is full of knowledgeable & interesting Good Buggers

Originally Posted by Mathias

Talking about scopes, I bought a B. Nickel 4x36 #4 reticle off Ryan Songhurst a few months ago. All in anticipation that the right period rifle (BSA or Sako) will show up for sale. Lovely optically bright scope, that I fitted to my more modern A1 Sako 223 to give it a home in the meantime.

Beauty wee scope that. Had my reservations about moving it on but wasted on a rough bastard like me!

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Cheers tetawa, I went to Gunworks and asked about the Sportmatch as I have a set on a 22. They told me that Sportmatch only come in 15mm.
I thought that I could machine a slice off some standard dovetails and screw + loctite those onto the BSA dovetails to bring them up to a standard height and thickness then use the leupold PRW rings.

For reference, BRNO 600 & 601 rings fit the BSA dovetails once you machine off the recoil lug on the rear ring set. I have a set of Aussie Hilver rings that I did that to for my 222 Hunter. Another option to consider.

Premium Optics Australia is worth a try for some older rings , I have brought some Hilvers from him before , not sure if you can still send that stuff from Aussie in the post now though.

Interesting old book 1971 by Frank de Haas Has a good section on commercial turn bolt actions and rifles. Has a great section on BSA rifles including a page on the Majestic parts and prices.Also has a lot of dimensions of actions etc. Includes Royal, Majestic, Monarch and U9. It's an American book hence some difference in model names.

There are about 6 pages on the BSA models I could put on this section if members are interested but will take a bit of room to do so. May help with a lot of queries regarding models, dates etc. Bearing in mind it won't have Viscount and Imperial models shown as such being American.

Originally Posted by Lucky

Premium Optics Australia is worth a try for some older rings , I have brought some Hilvers from him before , not sure if you can still send that stuff from Aussie in the post now though.

I've dealt with the guy at Premium Optics in AUS and he's a good bugger. But given the AUS firearms laws he will only send Rifle parts to AUS addresses. Bit like NV Gear from the US - a pain in the arse!

Page 233 is the one I posted showing the Majestic parts. Some interesting reading here.

@BSA270 man thats some good reading there. I have John Walkers large book on rifles and it's reasonably detailed but not a concise at this, thanks for posting.