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PoppaW
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Does anyone know of these guns? I have an opportunity to buy one and was just wondering if anybody had experience with it.


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no claw extractor, aluminum bottom metal, weak trigger safety


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Didn't a Mr. Grobler & a Mr. Harland have some experience with BSA .458 bolt Guns.....?
Some Southern African Country if I recall....
 
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Didn't a Mr. Grobler & a Mr. Harland have some experience with BSA .458 bolt Guns.....?
Some Southern African Country if I recall....



They both thought very highly of their 458 Wins by BSA.

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The earlier CRF models were highly reguarded in both Africa and Alaska.


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The earlier CRF models were the Royal models, not the Majestic. These were very nice, some also had steel bottom metal.


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I have a .30-06 BSA Majestic Fatherweight.

It has a push-feed action and the extractor is tiny. I have also encountered some feeding problems.

Unfortunately I could not recommend it for a large bore if it was intended for use on dangerous game.

Richard Harland did mention this exact rifle as one of his favourites though.
 
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Harland's BSA as well as Grobler's were push feed models. See Harland's book for more info.

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Thanks for the info. The seller would not budge on the price so no deal. It was going to be a truck gun/bush beater.


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The rifle illustrated above is not a Majestic which were push feed, it is the Royal/Hunter depending which market it was sold into & was a fully CRF action, they used in fact surplus M17 extractors & I have often wondered if the supply of these dried up causing the move to push feed.
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Just some further info on Richard Harland's BSA; below is quoted from African Outfitter June/July 2007:

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I have used more .458 Win Mag rifles than any other calibre and I still own two. One a no-frills but very dependable weapon made by BSA in 1958, was owned by that most experienced elephant hunter of all time, Paul Grobler,and he sold it to me in 1961. I sold it to a friend around 1965 who then gave it back to me in 2004 when he left Zimbabwe under duress. The weapon has accounted for more than a thousand elephant and much else. It is still in excellent condition. The other .458 is FN Mauser-actioned, a once-off, made beautifully for an American friend in 1975. He gave me the rifle after his last safari in 1977 and I treasure it. It is my regular carry-gun these days.



It is interesting that Harland says that his BSA was made in 1958, if it is a Majestic (he makes no mention that it is a Majestic above) as these were only launched by BSA in 1959.
 
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