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Talking to a friend who happens to have one of these laying around. Told me how he got it some time ago and heard it was made in the late 70s. Did a good google search and found some information about them but wondering what your opinion is? The pic is an example he showed my but says his has a blued heavy barrel and is damn near mint. The gun has not been shot much at all and he said probably less than 100 rounds. I'd like to have 243 for bench shooting. He'd like to get $600 for the rifle is that a decent deal?

Thanks in advance.


 
Tradex has some BSA's for 495 , some more, some less. Is that heavy barrel factory? Check to be sure. I like the BSA rifles myself, and have owned a Monarch in .30-06 and a CF2 in .30-06 also. Never had a problem with either one. BUT, I wouldn't have paid 600 for either of them. I paid $400 and $425 respectively and they were in VG to EXC condition. If he really is your good friend, ask him to drop it to $500. (If it is minty) The market just isn't there as there was never enough of them to garner the following they deserve. Not enough people know about them to be buying and driving up the prices. Most people that know the "name" BSA think cheap scopes for rimfires. $500 gets you a lot of accurate gun these days if you don't mind synthetic stocks.
 
sgt.rock said:
Tradex has some BSA's for 495 , some more, some less. Is that heavy barrel factory? Check to be sure. I like the BSA rifles myself, and have owned a Monarch in .30-06 and a CF2 in .30-06 also. Never had a problem with either one. BUT, I wouldn't have paid 600 for either of them. I paid $400 and $425 respectively and they were in VG to EXC condition. If he really is your good friend, ask him to drop it to $500. (If it is minty) The market just isn't there as there was never enough of them to garner the following they deserve. Not enough people know about them to be buying and driving up the prices. Most people that know the "name" BSA think cheap scopes for rimfires. $500 gets you a lot of accurate gun these days if you don't mind synthetic stocks.
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Thank you! I like the fact that they are rare and not a ton to be found. The gun would also come with a decent scope worth a few hundred bucks. Yes the barrel is factory. Do you know what model this would be?
 
Phat Eagle said:
I have a .243 BSA heavy barrel mated with a Mauser action. It's tremendously accurate. I think Sgt. Rock's comments are certainly fair.
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So the mauser action is aftermarket? Sorry if it's a noob QA. Anything else done to the gun? What kinda grouping can you get with yours at lets say 100.

Thanks
 
I had a heavy-barrel BSA in .222 which I bought in 1973 (one of my first centerfires) and used for more than 20 years on groundhogs. It was a nicely built and finished gun, and had the same stock as shown in that photo. Amazing accuracy, at least by my standards. With landloads it was a consistent 1/2moa gun, and best of all it was a 1moa gun with just about any ammo. To a young guy accustomed to 10/22's and iron-sighted .303's, it was a laser. Shoulda kept it...
 
bcsnake said:
So the mauser action is aftermarket? Sorry if it's a noob QA. Anything else done to the gun? What kinda grouping can you get with yours at lets say 100.

Thanks
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No, I think that BSA used a source of surplus mauser actions and did the rest themselves. I had done a fair bit of research years ago, but have a really foggy memory of it. I just know that , in addition to their own action, they at least in the start, or at the same time, used surplus mauser type actions from a maker I have long ago forgotten, but I may remember. I will certainly try to find out for you. I wish I had kept them, but I have also said that about at least 60 different guns, and not being a rich man, had to trade them off over the years to start other ventures like handgunning, and reloading. (Both a bit too expensive!!)
 
jjohnwm said:
I had a heavy-barrel BSA in .222 which I bought in 1973 (one of my first centerfires) and used for more than 20 years on groundhogs. It was a nicely built and finished gun, and had the same stock as shown in that photo. Amazing accuracy, at least by my standards. With landloads it was a consistent 1/2moa gun, and best of all it was a 1moa gun with just about any ammo. To a young guy accustomed to 10/22's and iron-sighted .303's, it was a laser. Shoulda kept it...
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing

sgt.rock said:
No, I think that BSA used a source of surplus mauser actions and did the rest themselves. I had done a fair bit of research years ago, but have a really foggy memory of it. I just know that , in addition to their own action, they at least in the start, or at the same time, used surplus mauser type actions from a maker I have long ago forgotten, but I may remember. I will certainly try to find out for you. I wish I had kept them, but I have also said that about at least 60 different guns, and not being a rich man, had to trade them off over the years to start other ventures like handgunning, and reloading. (Both a bit too expensive!!)
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Hahaha . I understand the not being rich and needing to sell guns in order to buy or even build new ones. Thanks again
 
The single biggest problem - no parts available... it's worth $350 as a shooter until you wear it out or you blow an extractor and can't find a part to buy...

BSA had their name on a few military conversions but the rifle they last manufactured was their own unique action.
 
guntech said:
The single biggest problem - no parts available... it's worth $350 as a shooter until you wear it out or you blow an extractor and can't find a part to buy...

BSA had their name on a few military conversions but the rifle they last manufactured was their own unique action.
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Very good point.
 
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