- Location
- Beaverlodge, Alberta
If I get time tonight I'll give it a try and see what it's at.
BSA collectors?
- Thread starter flying pig
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Very impressive rig you have there,very nice indeed.Love the overall look of your combo,I'm a bit envious!Getting my CF2 ready for the upcoming season. Bought a Vortex Viper HS 2.5-10x44 and a set of Burris Zee rings and bases for it. This rifle flat shoots, so I liked spending what I paid on the rifle for glass. I consider this set up to be lower quality than the rifle still however! This is a huge improvement on the low rings from what it was like last year with the borrowed 1" vortex scope on high rings. That set up was terrible.
Now I just need a good sling, a well developed load, and to zero it and it'll be ready to bring home a freezer full this year.
Memory Lane:
I had the BSA CF-2 Stutzen in 30-06. Bought it brand new from Levers in Vancouver when they were being discounted after BSA finally threw in the towel and sold their entire gun factory to Pakistan. I bought it sometime in the mid-80's, I think. The first thing I noticed about it was how smooth the action was. The second thing I noticed was that it weighed a ton. I don't know what it weighed, but for a fullstock carbine it was very heavy...and with a scope it must have been ten pounds. I also noticed the terrible sanding of the stock...all hills and valleys on the buttstock, like they didn't use a proper sanding pad at all. The stock also looked like it had only one quick coat of oil. The pores on the wood weren't filled at all (How hard is it to fill the pores in European walnut? In my experience its very easy.)The blue was several different colors on the parts...from a proper deep black to a light purple. But still, it was a very nice piece of walnut, with plenty of attractive figure in the buttstock and it was quite an accurate rifle with stout hunting loads (one inch groups with 180 gr. Nosler Partitions at an honest 2700 fps)and was also a strong action. One day at the old range on Burnaby Mt., I fired a very overloaded cartridge (totally my fault) and after an incredible recoil it completely jammed the action. But I managed to get the brass out, pounding on the bolt handle, and there was no damage at all to the action. I couldn't handle the weight though....so I ditched the scope and put a peep sight on it...then I went and shot some game with it. But after a few years the ridiculous weight just bugged me too much and I sold it....its probably still kicking around B.C. somewhere. Its the one with the two holes d+t for a peep sight. I remember it as a good rifle, but not a great rifle.
....and concerning BSA motorcycles: The only good BSA is a Triumph.
I had the BSA CF-2 Stutzen in 30-06. Bought it brand new from Levers in Vancouver when they were being discounted after BSA finally threw in the towel and sold their entire gun factory to Pakistan. I bought it sometime in the mid-80's, I think. The first thing I noticed about it was how smooth the action was. The second thing I noticed was that it weighed a ton. I don't know what it weighed, but for a fullstock carbine it was very heavy...and with a scope it must have been ten pounds. I also noticed the terrible sanding of the stock...all hills and valleys on the buttstock, like they didn't use a proper sanding pad at all. The stock also looked like it had only one quick coat of oil. The pores on the wood weren't filled at all (How hard is it to fill the pores in European walnut? In my experience its very easy.)The blue was several different colors on the parts...from a proper deep black to a light purple. But still, it was a very nice piece of walnut, with plenty of attractive figure in the buttstock and it was quite an accurate rifle with stout hunting loads (one inch groups with 180 gr. Nosler Partitions at an honest 2700 fps)and was also a strong action. One day at the old range on Burnaby Mt., I fired a very overloaded cartridge (totally my fault) and after an incredible recoil it completely jammed the action. But I managed to get the brass out, pounding on the bolt handle, and there was no damage at all to the action. I couldn't handle the weight though....so I ditched the scope and put a peep sight on it...then I went and shot some game with it. But after a few years the ridiculous weight just bugged me too much and I sold it....its probably still kicking around B.C. somewhere. Its the one with the two holes d+t for a peep sight. I remember it as a good rifle, but not a great rifle.
....and concerning BSA motorcycles: The only good BSA is a Triumph.
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The last BSA production may have had something to do with the poor quality of your CF-2 but certainly not the weight, they WERE heavy. I have an early 1950's production Regent in .222 Remington on a baby mauser action. Quality is high and it is accurate. A nicer walking around varmint gun would be hard to find for the price I paid.
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- Location
- Grande Prairie
I'm very happy to have come across this thread.. I've been sitting on a BSA for years with very little information on it. I had bought it from a hunter about 4 years ago, and it has definitely seen it's use. Minor safe kisses, as well as superficial scratches in the wood from going through the bush. It's chambered in .308.
The markings I can find include:
Made in England
BSA Guns Ltd England
.308"WIN2-015"
19 Tons Per 0"
BNP
Can anyone give me a better idea of what I have and its approximate value?
The markings I can find include:
Made in England
BSA Guns Ltd England
.308"WIN2-015"
19 Tons Per 0"
BNP
Can anyone give me a better idea of what I have and its approximate value?
I own cf2 in 7rem mag, I bought it new in 1975 at a gun shop in Edmonton Alberta named wind river ,, this rifle shoots real well has a high gloss finish , palm swell and rose wood fore end ,, I chose this over a rem rifle and I am glad I did ,,, mine is in very good condition looks and shoots like new ,, I have taken many Moose and deer with this rifle , ,,, BSA is a very nice gun very underrated..
I'm very happy to have come across this thread.. I've been sitting on a BSA for years with very little information on it. I had bought it from a hunter about 4 years ago, and it has definitely seen it's use. Minor safe kisses, as well as superficial scratches in the wood from going through the bush. It's chambered in .308.
The markings I can find include:
Made in England
BSA Guns Ltd England
.308"WIN2-015"
19 Tons Per 0"
BNP
Can anyone give me a better idea of what I have and its approximate value?
If it has a 24" barrel it's a CF2, if it has a 20.5" barrel it's a CF2 carbine. The value is whatever someone will pay for it, or at least $1 more than the best offer for it that you pass up. I got my carbine (.243) used for about $400 and it works very well for a rifle at that price. I have seen CF2s for sale asking almost twice as much, don't know if they sold or at what price ultimately. More common guns and current production models are easier to price than these old orphans.
