BSA Hunter Model .222 Rem ?'s

[buymore]

I just picked up a BSA Hunter Model in .222 Rem I fiugred my 10 yr old could easily handle the recoil of it and put good shots on a coyote or groundhog.

Does anyone have any info on this rifle? It's not a Mauser 98 action. Walnut stock, checkered, low gloss finish. Scope Mounts are integrated into the receiver like the T/C Icons. Has 26" bbl with dovetailed sight blocks with sights removed and fillers in the dovetails. I've found other BSA rifles and they aren't quite the same. I found something online suggesting this was built in the late 50's but I cant see that being true especially with the integral mounts on the receiver and the side safety on the rigth side of the bolt. The actions is slick for sure. I got the rifle with (7) boses of Hornady New Frontier 50 gr factory loads in very good shape and (2) boxes of empties. I figure it should be fairly close to sighted in with this ammo......Hopefully! I may just try a few out with that scope and see before buying another scope and starting over.

It is scope with a Bushnell Scopechief 8X w/ AO I'd say 60's 70's era scope. I'm not sure I want to keep that scope on it. It seems like it's not quite right......can't get a good focus at distances. I realize that may very well be correct for a s cope from that era though. I know recoil isn't a problem on that scope, just would rather upgrade the optics. I may just sell the scope off "as is" on Ebay and get something newer and more modern withe variable power.

 

[w25thmarines]

BSA ".222 Rem "Hunter"

I have used one I purchased in 1965. Added a 9X scope. Mint Condition. From your limited photos it may be identical. Very few manufactured early post WW II '50s, probably in the neighborhood of 2,200. Does your receiver have BV and various gunsmith marks stamped on receiver, including a "crown"? What is your serial number. Mine is 2A787. Can you take a full photo of all marks on receiver, full side, top and bottom view and e-Mail them or post them. In my estimation, both ballistics and quality of this piece is absolutely first quality design, gunsmithing and blueing.


Bill at: w25thmarines@aol.com

 

[winnipeg toymaker]

my BSA .222

I also have now a BSA Hunter .222. Great critter gun at 200 yards. I love the caliber over my Savage .223 and with 50 gr bullets, it is neigh onto perfect for gophers. It is in mint shape and got it for a song and dance ( $200) with a '50s 10 x Weaver 60-C2 scope mounted. Serial 2A1665. Any info to DOM appreciated. It is identical to the two I seen on the site.

 

[Jim Watson]

There was one traded around here for some years. A very nice little rifle, I think made in the 1950s.

 

[Ngakuta]

BSA Hunter 220 Swift

I bought a BSA Hunter 220 Swift way back in 1983 in Boulder Colorado. It has a Tasco 6-24 x 40 vari power scope with adjustable objective. The rifle Markings are: "BSA Hunter .220 Swift. Serial Number PW4025. .220 Swift 2.18". 38 grs - 48 bullet". I have been unable to find anything about the manufacturing history of the BSA Swift, and if anyone knows anything about this I would like to hear from them. I have been in touch with Mark Knibbs at John Knibbs International who claim to be experts in the history of BSA rifles, and they state that BSA never made a .220 Swift rifle. So this rifle is a puzzle. The markings appear to be genuine and unaltered. The forestock is unusual compared with other BSA Hunters that I have seen, but in many other respects the rifle certainly looks like a Hunter. My attempt to find out anything from the serial number has proven fruitless. This rifle has been a wonderful hunting companion for me in New Zealand with astonishing accuracy.

 

[Saltydog235]

I stole my dad's BSA Monarch in 30'06 when I was a teenager to deer hunt with. I still have it today and occassionally take it out hunting. It's one of the few rifles that I own that will shoot anything you put in it well. Kicks like a mule with heavier loads though.

Bought another one in 7mm Mag some years ago just to have.