Price check on Bsa P17 in 30/06

G

gazoo666

Member
Rating - 100%
11   0   0
Location
Edmonton
Looking to sell this and looking for a value. Shoots well but I have no use for it. Has a coin imbedded in the stock its a 1967 Centennial token of some sort and I have no idea if this came this way or was done by my grandfather in law.
Thanks

t8wylx.jpg

34i1kxc.jpg
 
Unfortunately I think Hitzy is probably very right on the value. Your gun appears to be a very well done conversion but unfortunately, what your up against is the availability of inexpensive brand new CNC produced/plastic furniture guns that will shoot the lights out for $350-$450 each.
Somebody looking for a donor action complete with a stock that fits it already for a build of something not readily available may see more value in it but not much.
 
There are 3 makers of that action, Winchester, Remington and Eddystone. The first two are excellent, the Eddystone is the worst- very hard almost considered brittle, not a good candidate for alteration.

BSA simply took war surplus rifles and did some 'sporterizing'.
 
$250 - $275.

Very recently (maybe still on) you could get a new Remington 783 for $349 and then get a $40 mail-in rebate. So $309 for a new, modern 30-06 with four star reviews...makes selling 90+ year old sporters for any more than around $250 a real tough sell...
 
Northman999 said:
$250 - $275.

Very recently (maybe still on) you could get a new Remington 783 for $349 and then get a $40 mail-in rebate. So $309 for a new, modern 30-06 with four star reviews...makes selling 90+ year old sporters for any more than around $250 a real tough sell...
Click to expand...

I got one of those from a CGN dealer last fall....$299 with free shipping and there were 2 mail in promo's one for $40 and one for $20 at that time. Coupled with 2 $50 coupons for a couple 700 trigger recalls, I got spare mags and rings for it for free....hard to beat those deals lol.
Tradex still has lots of '96 and '98 sporters for under $300, tons of Huskys for $350+, lots of gun deals around.
 
Considering what you are likely to get for it, why not just keep it. A brother in law gun...so to speak. While i would agree with the evaluations, to compare these to the new CNC entry level guns is only a price comparison. I got flamed a few weeks ago in comparing a older shotgun to a new Turkish one....so i understand Northman is comparing price shoppers not quality. These rifles will generally shoot, and still be going strong long after the CNC guns are recycled back to tupperware.
 
nowarningshot said:
These rifles will generally shoot, and still be going strong long after the CNC guns are recycled back to tupperware.
Click to expand...
Very true!
Yes, BSA did their inspections, rebuilding and proofing very seriously.
I say P-17 from BSA in good condition would be easy $400 in my book and if they were available in LH I would grab it for myself.
To be blunt, I would choose those over recently build Rem 700 SPS any day!
 
Last edited:
I was given a plain Jane BSA sportered one in a cut down military stock with the ears ground off and drilled for bases.

Had to do a bit of work on it, have the base holes re-drilled, barrel crowned and action secured in the stock with a credit card shim. Then wen out and shot a bear.

It's my loaner now.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom