Thread: BSA Hunter help required.

Originally Posted by garyp

I have quite a few BSA parts here.

What parts do you have @garyp ?

Firing pins, Monarch extractor, complete Imperial action, Monarch receiver with trigger, Monarch receiver and a trigger with safety, and other bits such as complete Viscount 7x57 without bolt.

Originally Posted by garyp

Firing pins, Monarch extractor, complete Imperial action, Monarch receiver with trigger, Monarch receiver and a trigger with safety, and other bits such as complete Viscount 7x57 without bolt.

Would it be possible to give me an overall length for the mainspring on a med length action. I have a spare CF2 action that may have the same diameter spring I could cut to length ( haven't checked that yet).

@Mathias any photos of said rifle?

As for the OP... try contacting Allen Carr

Originally Posted by Seventenths

@Mathias any photos of said rifle?

As for the OP... try contacting Allen Carr

Might have a pix. Ownership was mostly in the times before digital camera's and flash cellphones

There you go

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Originally Posted by Tuidog

There you go

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Cheers for the photos. I Have just compared mine with yours, looking at the relative proportions of each. Mine has a slightly narrower point between the cocking lift and half bolt positions, although the half bolt indent itself does not look any shallower than yours. No vast difference so that would suggest a weak mainspring ??

I’ve got two BSA hunters here, I’ll get you a photo of each bolt to compare. Have to wait till tomorrow morning though.

@Moa Hunter Try all new springs before you do anything ,they were renowned for crappy springs but you look at the age & what previous owners may have done with them is it any wonder

Have a complete rebarrelled Hunter 222 minus bolt, use the bolt from my other Hunter, works but not ideal.

There you go @Moa Hunter hope that helps

Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick

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There you go @Moa Hunter hope that helps

Thanks for that Nick. So comparing yours as well as Tuidogs photos, mine is not drastically different which confirms the mainspring as the likely culprit.
I then only have to worry about the trigger.

Yeah @Moa Hunter a new mainspring will probably sort it. I’m about to source a new one for my Hunter 6x45. It already has a couple of spacers to try and get the spring tension up. Talked to Allan Carr and he thinks he should be able to sort something for me.

Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick

Yeah @Moa Hunter a new mainspring will probably sort it. I’m about to source a new one for my Hunter 6x45. It already has a couple of spacers to try and get the spring tension up. Talked to Allan Carr and he thinks he should be able to sort something for me.

So I should try some spacers to test the bolt with a greater spring tension, not a silly idea, cheers

ok...so Im picking the shallow curve the striker? is sitting down on (looking at photo the way it is) is why the bolt "sits" nicely at half cock/bolt nearly all the way up and will stay there but not fire untill bolt handle is lowered,which looking at photo orientated the way it is will put the shiney bit over top of gap ,down the 45 degree bit to the right of the curvy indented bit its sitting in now??????????
always wondered how it did this.