Shame you don’t have the spring:oh noes:
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Shame you don’t have the spring:oh noes:
I have a CF2 in .222. Came with an older Bushnell scope with a massive 55 or 60mm end on it, (can't be arsed opening the safe to check.). Probably the best grouping rifle I own but weighs a ton. I'm interested in reading about custom stocks on the CF2. I wouldn't want to mess with the original one, quite attractive in its own way. But cutting the carry weight might be useful. How much do you reduce with less wood? I would have thought most of the weight would be in the metal. And I really don't want to mess with the barrel length given how it shoots.
The other thing I wanted to ask, several posters have mentioned rebarreling. Asked my GS a couple of years ago when a lovely 7x57 was on offer with a poor barrel. He noted there was a lot of hand cutting to fit a new barrel to a BSA action. Not straight forward. At the time, allowing $600 for a barrel he estimated $1000 total to supply and fit. Guess you would have to love the original wood and action eh?
Or do y'all think that is worth it? Cheers
I reckon I may have seen your 222 forsale in Dunedin years ago.....just combo of huge objective scope and 222 sticks in my mind..it was cheap enough too.
I reckon if you love the rifle a new barrel for 1000 isnt out of world but you got a .223 now so the trebly can stay origonal and retain collector value. unless youwant to headshoot bunnies at hundy yards,and maybe want to pop goats at hundy-150 the trebly is going to have to be pretty shot out not to do the job ok.
The trebbly is just fine, barrel is shiny and crisp and like I said, it overlaps shot after shot. I liked the action so much I was looking for a Beezer in 7x57mm..the one that came up had minor pitting at chamber end of bore. So I thought to buy and use it until a new barrel was indicated but frankly, the GS put me off the idea. Bought an Interarms Mark X instead
interarms mark X,,,got a funny feeling that the same as the zastava LOL.
Interarms Birmingham UK. Not sure what their relationship was to the Interarms of USA who imported various firearms. Birmingham lot apparently bought bulk Zastava actions and barreled actions, put their gunsmiths to work polishing and refining and deep bluing. Not to mention nice wood. They might not be as upmarket as some but the Mark X M98 has a very good rep in its various calibres. I have one in 308 with original wood and the one in 7x57mm in synthetic. Both with carry wear but very good shooters, slick polished actions and very nice to use. Shows yiu what a little patient rubbing can do with a Zastava. Anyway, back to beezers...
https://www.trademe.co.nz/3549603817
This is not my rifle and no I'm not buying it. I am interested in folks responses to the job the seller has done on it. How much does that cerakote job even cost? What does it do to value? Does it hide minor pitting/ rust? Would you do this to a classic? Under what circumstances?
I have to say, he has got a pretty good result if you can countenance what he has done. Eh?
@Jhon yeah I put a new barrel and stock on mine after picking it up at action in the uk for cheap. The cost of the set trigger if brought alone.
Was hard to get out of the action took a little soaking and heat. Which was a stress but here I could have sold the trigger and made that back for the entire rifle cost.
Still into minds if I want to restock but if I do find a donor I’ll post it here.Attachment 194476
Yep you can add. Just two roll pins hold em in.
Hey @john try looking at https://www.airgunspares.com/gunspar...a/cf2.html?p=2
I have a very good 7x57 barrel here. PM me and I will be in New Plymouth in 2 weeks.
Heres my BSA, its a Majestic featherweight in .308. Still goes:
https://i.ibb.co/k43c2PP/IMG-4375.jpg
Well not a centerfire, but it is a BSA.
Recent project, shortened/threaded the barrel, made a thread preoector, shortened the fore-end a little and fitted the scope with a little help from @gundoc with the base
Sorry for the extra pic. Tried deleting it for the slightly better one but wont go away.
Had a play before the shortening but not under ideal conditions so still to have another go
Attachment 205764
So here's my BSA .308, made some time in the 1950's according to the serial number. Unsure which model though. It has the Mauser bolt and flip up iron sight for 200 and 300yds.
Attachment 206396
really like that - I have done two earlier small bore .22 BSA rifles - the first I sold -the second is a work in progress -will try to post a picture soon -now the second one I improved on and did work that I should have done on the first - so a complete list is 1) cut barrel back and profile 2) fit scope ( 2nd hand Vortex 3-9 ) 3) satin bead blast and reblue ( all work by Malcom Gillace Rotorua very nice ) 4) a lot of stock work and some still to be done not my best skill so slow on that - if any one wanted the original aperture sight and tunnel foresight I still have them of the second BSA - now to work out how to do a photo of my phone lol
Is this a monarch/majestic or CF2 ? I wouldn’t mind a old BSA but it’s hard to tell them apart.
The Hunter model was only made in .222. That .308 is called a Viscount.
@JohnDuxbury Sorry link didn’t work first time https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...3781864038.htm
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
https://i.ibb.co/52rxdXK/uo-1498959282-29996-4.jpg
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://i.ibb.co/bNSY26Z/uo-1498958140-2279-41.jpg
OUt of interest just looking through some old ads in my collection of NZ Wildlife magazines, in 1963 a Parker Hale Safari cost 47 pounds, a BSA Majestic cost 59 pounds and a Sako Forester cost 62 pounds.
I see the top advert refers to the rifles collectively as BSA 'Hunting Rifle', so 'Hunting rifle' abbreviated to 'Hunter' ? that plus the trebly stamped 'Hunter' would do it. I know someone who had a Hornet too, God alone knows why when he could of bought a 222
In those days there was only the one BSA rifle, the BSA Hunter in .222. They didnt start making the others till about two years later, and they were marketed, as shown there, as Viscount, Imperial etc. The first rifle had Hunter written on it, and some people just conflated them all I suppose since the ads might have looked similiar. As I say, some people knew there more than one model, and some people thought they were all the same.
John Knibs only made it worse, because he made the same mistake in his book thinking the Viscount was called a "Hunter" But remember he didnt work at BSA, his father had. He has other mistakes as well.
John...one of my great regrets was not pinching the copy of old old magazine I had my hands on...it may have been wildlife...it had the origonal moose hunt reports, when they were shot in fiordland..it was that period in time...there was an add for CAC ammunition... I photocopied it but it got ruined in a house shift....
cartoon picture of two maori chaps duck hunting.... script read
a maori who lived in kaikoura
,said my shooting gets poorer and poorer
,his friend from waihi
,said use CAC,
that will fix it py curry kiaora
it would be great to get a copy of that again..would frame it and keep it safe
oh the days of non PC advertising,when folks appreciated humour and did not get offended on others behalf.
There was a period sort of around 1963 when the hornet was semi-popular for deer. What ever cullers used seeped into being trendy with recreational hunters and a few cullers used them. I recall them being Savages and Sportcos mainly. Maybe some early Fox's. I can still picture the blue pkts of Canadian hornet ammo. Imperial brand I think, in pkts of 50.
the govt cullers even used 22lr on deer.... but boffins in supply department provided suppressed rifles but supersonic ammunition...I believe the browning T Bolt was weapon supplied... recall reading article about it.... older culler was revisiting his old haunts and compared the two hunts.. back then with .22lr and now with what ever he was using...Abolt think it was...
Alot of the BSAs advertised on trademe don't have a model on them , whats the easiest way to externally tell a monarch/majestic apart from a cf2?