Thread: BSA centrefire variants

Pretty sure @bunji called for a new thread on the BSA sporting rifles of yesteryear. I have owned a few Viscount 7x57's and a near new Hunter in 222. I was once a member of an NZ BSA interest group (long before internet forums) run by a collector of BSA by the name of Lindsay from the Coromandel and had a huge amount of paper copies of sales brochures and other literature from the days of glory, but unfortunately this got misplaced during a shift and went to the tip.

I'm sure there is still good info out there among our members and some has been shared through other posts. Over the years I've come across some interesting stuff relating to the early days of centrefire development and I'll post some photos that I saved from a TM auction. This one must have been very early in the 50's and was described as being made as a dabble in the US market. It's a BSA Factory 220 Swift in a longer action than the 222 & marked "Hunter", note the Mauser type extractor and bolt release. Shame the bolt wasn't photographed.




I also have another photo I need to find of a Viscount 7x57 being sold with its original box from the factory. This box is marked "Hunter"