Bsa international mk II

[farmerboy78]

Hey guys, I picked up a beautiful rifle that should be shipping to me tomorrow! From pictures, it looks amazing! The only thing wrong is that it's missing the diopter sights, so I'm going to scope it utilizing a mount a guy makes "down under." I picked up a 36x bausch and lomb target scope to top it off. I'll post pictures when I get the rifle and when it gets scoped.

 

[farmerboy78]

Well I've gotten it in and it's a beautiful rifle, will post up pics after I get it scoped!

 

[farmerboy78]

Well, here she is.

 

[AZAndy]

That's really interesting. What's the chambering? I take it the lever operates the bolt? Is that the same BSA that made motorcycles? Have I asked enough questions yet?

 

[Offfhand]

The BSA's are really superb target rifles. Back when I was active in smallbore competition some of the best shots in the game were using them, especially the southpaws, because the BSA came in left hand configuration. I bought on for my older son, who is left handed. When I visited the Eley factory several years ago I noticed they used BSA rifles to accuracy test each lot of ammo.

 

[natman]

That's really interesting. What's the chambering? I take it the lever operates the bolt? Is that the same BSA that made motorcycles? Have I asked enough questions yet?

22LR
It's a variation of the tilting block single shot Martini action. When the lever is lowered the block pivots at the rear and the front lowers enough to eject the empty and load a fresh round.
Yes. The full name of the firm is Birmingham Small Arms. As you can guess, rifles were how the firm got its start. Motorcycles were a sideline. They also made machine tools.
Not yet.

 

[AZAndy]

22LR
It's a variation of the tilting block single shot Martini action. When the lever is lowered the block pivots at the rear and the front lowers enough to eject the empty and load a fresh round.
Yes. The full name of the firm is Birmingham Small Arms. As you can guess, rifles were how the firm got its start. Motorcycles were a sideline. They also made machine tools.
Not yet.

Thanks for the information! My father has a Martini-Henry, so I've seen the way that works. Your rifle looks to be a very serious target machine, and I look forward to seeing a range report, should you be so inclined.

 

[farmerboy78]

I tested the different ammos that i have on hand, yesterday. It didn't like norma elite match @ 50yds 1+" group, shot eley tenex and edge pretty well @ 50yds 5/8-3/4"group, shot federal ultra match um22 and rws r100 very, very well @ 50yds 1/2"group, and absolutely ate up rws r50 @ 50yds <1/2"group.

 

[someguy2800]

Neat, never seen one!

 

[22250Rem]

Thanks for posting the pix. That's a real interesting piece; I've heard of them but couldn't recall what they looked like until I saw photos. Those were some serious smallbore competition rifles, but that's already been mentioned. Thanks also for the range report.

 

[natman]

Thanks for the information! My father has a Martini-Henry, so I've seen the way that works. Your rifle looks to be a very serious target machine, and I look forward to seeing a range report, should you be so inclined.

You're welcome, although I'm not the OP. I do have a BSA MkII International and it's extremely accurate. While it's not going to win trophies anymore in the hyper competitive world of serious RF benchrest, it will still shoot better than 99.9% of the shooters out there. It's very well made and the spring loaded ejector will sent the empty case into orbit if you're not careful.