Thread: All things BSA

First deer I ever shot was in the Ruahine's using my bro' in laws CF2 in 270. Have owned several BSA Royals over the years, 222, 7x57 (3 of) & 257AI. Classic English sporting rifles.
Has anyone ever put a BSA Royal and a BRNO Mod 1 22 together and seen how alike they are? I have and there are some distinct similarities and I've always surmised that BSA could well have got some ideas from the BRNO when they made the Hornet & 222 Hunter.

Final coat for this one but not sure.
Might get the other creakote.

I had a BSA bicycle while at school, had the 3 piled rifles badge but evidently was made by Raleigh.

When I was about 10 I started shooting with Dad’s BSA scorpion .22 air pistol. Couldn’t cock it by hand, so I had to put the muzzle on the ground and lean my full body weight on it to break it open.

Originally Posted by tanqueray

When I was about 10 I started shooting with Dad’s BSA scorpion .22 air pistol. Couldn’t cock it by hand, so I had to put the muzzle on the ground and lean my full body weight on it to break it open.
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They had a cocking handle that slipped over the end of the barrel

Took all the meat off of my hand between the thumb and forefinger with a BSA air rifle when I closed it on my hand...now that did smart......

BSA meteor 22 air rifle, slaughtered a heap of starlings, rats, and the odd duck. Quite a few windows as well from richocets, which earnt me a sore arse numerous times.

I got my first BSA on my 16th birthday - a 1917 BSA SMLE that was FTR'd to new condition. I eventually sporterised it after a few hunting trips in the fully wooded condition, and it shot a lot of game over the years including a period when the NZFS was supplying the ammo in case lots (hollow pointed CAC Mk VII). It was far from my first gun but it was my first legal one!

Got any pics there @gundoc of you and your birthday gun bring home the bacon our any other game?

I didn't own a camera for many years but I do have some photos taken by mates. I will have a rummage in a large box of photos and see what I can find.

This photo is BSA relevant. This is a 10 pointer I shot in Amphitheatre Creek, Avoca, in 1976. The rifle is a BSA Hunter in .308. He had a harem of 5 hinds and I had been tracking him for most of the day after spotting him at about 1k. I took him with a head shot at about 150 metres.

This photo is neither BSA related nor a successful hunt. This me in 1979 on a Black Bear hunt in Vermont. Gun is an S&W M29 8-3/8" .44 Magnum. Our timing was a bit late as there had been a real cold snap (icicles over 2 feet long hanging off the hut roof) and the bears had gone into hibernation early. I wasn't with an outfitter, just a couple of mates who lived in the next state (Massachussets) and had a hunting lodge in Vermont.

Oh the kidney killing packs @gundoc do you recall the story behind the grave stone?

It is not a grave stone, it is a marker for the state line. The clear area on the left is on old road. If I took one step backwards I would be in Massachussets and breaking the law for carrying a pistol without a permit. Vermont is an open state for pistol carry.

Right so where is that step back photo