My Dad's old BSA 30-06 - Looking for info on it.

[Kevan]

My brother's father in law died and they dropped one of these off at my place. Identical to yours. Can anyone give me a rough idea of what they are worth? I'm thinking $150 to $250?

Depending on the condition that is probably a practical estimate.

 

[bigbuzz]

I have one that looks similar in 270, nice trigger pull, was my truck gun for a number of years. The fellow I got it from said it was purchased in the late 50s early 60s and he hunted with it his entire life, looks it too. The bluing has a brown tint to it, well made rifle.

 

[Milt Dale]

In 1952 my Dad bought the identical rifle including the white line spacers from a hardware store in Nelson B C, I have since given it to my son, it is in need of a new stock but other than that it is in good shape and not for sale.

 

[buzzmagoo]

Yep! Got one to. My old doll is still good for two inches at 100 yards. Have done the mad minute a couple of times with it no problems a great old gun.

 

[buckbrush]

The model D's and E's were also made in 7mm mag. With all the work BSA did to the receiver's, and the nice stocks they come with, you have a very economical start on a big bore rifle. Rebarreling and magazine modifications and opening the bolt face up can give you a .416 Rigby, a .510 Wells-Asquare, .505, ...

By the way BSA left them #### on close, thankfully.

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

Nice hefty rifles. I had a P14 heavy sporter in .458 once and it shot great, but crowded the scale at 11 lbs. with scope. It wasn't BSA made.
Here's a pic from a 1953 BSA catalog.
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[Mike Webb]

A fine rifle and it deserves to go hunting still. Many find them heavy compared to sporters made now but the heft makes offhand shooting much more accurate than many of the muzzle light rifles made these days.

 

[Varmit]

The markings on the left side of the barrel are the proof marks. Every firearm retailed in Britain has to make a trip to the proof house, either in Birmingham as this one, or London.
BV= Birmingham View, meaning visual inspection
BP= Birmingham Proof
NP= Nitro Proof

The other marks are calibre, case length, and load is was proved for.

Mine has all of these marks on it. It also has a trap door in the butt plate which exposes a 3/4 inch round hole that goes in about 6 inches. Was this for extra rounds or a cleaning kit?

 

[tiriaq]

Cleaning kit.

 

[Silvertip13]

I have one of these rifles identical to the original post, question is which Timney trigger is the correct one for an upgrade to it as Timney lists two, the #110 and #111. Thanks