BSA CF2's
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Very nice.
Makes me want to find another that has not been dragged through the muskeg for two decades.
Do you know much about the history of these?
Mine has some horizontal slits near the muzzle .
Assuming brake / muzzle jump reducer as they are kinda pointed upwards.
Wonder if it was a factory touch or someone got it done later?
Makes me want to find another that has not been dragged through the muskeg for two decades.
Do you know much about the history of these?
Mine has some horizontal slits near the muzzle .
Assuming brake / muzzle jump reducer as they are kinda pointed upwards.
Wonder if it was a factory touch or someone got it done later?
TheCoachZed
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How do these typically compare to Parker Hale? The main visual difference I see is they don't as frequently exhibit faux weatherby styling.
Never handled a parker hale so could not tell you.
All I can tell ya is what I know of mine.
My 30-06 will do around 1 moa with most factory ammo.
Bolt is the slickest I have ever experienced without much slop at all when it is fully back.
Been in a couple of situations over the years with it where people within earshot swore it was a semi firing.lol
There is a pressure point in the forstock for barrel contact.
All I can tell ya is what I know of mine.
My 30-06 will do around 1 moa with most factory ammo.
Bolt is the slickest I have ever experienced without much slop at all when it is fully back.
Been in a couple of situations over the years with it where people within earshot swore it was a semi firing.lol
There is a pressure point in the forstock for barrel contact.
Action wise they are very different, PH is basically a commercial Mauser 98 (early ones were actual military 98 sporters). The actions were made in different places for PH...FN, Santa Barbara, Zastava.
BSA CF2 is a push feed design, they made the entire rifles in house, similar in quality and design to the Sako rifles of that era.
Backcountryal
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The CF2 is very similar in design to the Husky 1900, and they are very good rifles. But not as sought after as the earlier controlled feed models. All the CF2's I've seen shot very well. The 6.5x55 CF2 is an extremely rare rifle and Hitzy's looks amazing, well worth holding on to. The stocks are typically not lightweight, and there is heaps of timber in them to allow for a nice refurbishment job.
I only sold my .243 carbine because I found a Stutzen to replace it. I prefer detachable magazines but it's easy to forgive it that, everything about it is old-fashioned craftsmanship that I can only afford because it's an orphan brand that most people don't appreciate.
(Neither of mine were/are as nice as Hitzy's, that would be too nice for me to take hunting.)
(Neither of mine were/are as nice as Hitzy's, that would be too nice for me to take hunting.)
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I have a pair, 6.5x55 and a 30'06. Excellent quality rifles, I try not to tell anyone so they stay cheap (under $500 at Tradex)
Here is the 6.5x55
Nice rifle in a great caliber . An older friend of mine has one in 270 , he's been contemplating selling it as he doesn't hunt anymore . We've got an arrangement , when he sells it , it's mine .
Backcountryal
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The 1900 hasn't got a bolt guide on the side, but it doesn't need one - so super slick and efficient. I have some of both, and while the 1600 is a Mauser action, it is a much better made small ring version, than your standard old 98, much better. The 1900 is a push feed like the CF2 and older Sako's and was introduced in the 60's. Both are very desirable, and the CF2 is approaching the same league, just never got the recognition
unstableryan
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I've got a pair of the earlier featherweight rifles. A 30'06 and a .270. Both with the besa brakes on them. They are light rifles. Something like 6-6.25 pounds with open sights. I like .270 but I think I'm going to sell that one and put it towards a tikka .22. I just want one of them. The 30'06 though feels like a lot of rifle in a very trim package.
The CF2 was generally better than most PHs. I had one with the European style walnut stock, and really the only fault was the less than perfect hand checkering. Otherwise the adjustable trigger etc made it an ok gun. The north american stocks all looked a little off to me. Numrich had a bunch of stocks etc for these back in the day, plus the target stocks for the target model.
My second centerfire rifle (after, of course, the Lee Enfield .303) was a BSA CF2 with a heavy barrel chambered in .222; I bought it and shot the crap out of the southern and southeastern Ontario groundhog population for years. I didn't realize how insanely accurate it was until after it was gone, and I began buying and selling rifles at a feverish pace...none of which seemed to shoot as well. That was the beginning of a lifetime of searching for factory rifles that were able to equal its sub-MOA groups with factory ammo.
TheCoachZed
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Well I definitely did not know that! I always thought BSA was similar to Midland and Parker Hale, just rebuilding surplus actions or commercial continental actions.
