bsa centenary gun bag repair

[fs1edx]

hello and a happy new year to everyone,i was wanting to know were i could get a new zip fitted to a bsa centenary gun bag (one of a thousand)1982.it is a used example but in good condition.i want it repairing as it will be coming up for sale when i get the zip fixed,it might seem a small point to some peoplebut like it to be right to sell,yes the two handles have gone but the rest of the bag is good.thanks kevin

[Gareth W-B]

You'll get the best solution suggested in the collectors section regarding this problem I feel, as many of the regulars there (myself included), have owned examples of these Centenary combo kits over the years, and a few have even experienced the bag handles splitting, and zips going, like you, too, so I am moving this thread to there . Atb: G.

[Muskett]

Its not really going to make a difference to the price you get. Nice to have it fixed but a replacement zip is no longer original; so don't get too hung up about it. Sorry can't help you to who can do it but don't spend too much on it even though they are nice thick cases.

The plastic handles self-destruct even when mint in box and having never seen the light of day. So bad is it that they don't effect the collectors value.

One of the loveliest rifles ever made.

What calibre is yours?

[fs1edx]

Its not really going to make a difference to the price you get. Nice to have it fixed but a replacement zip is no longer original; so don't get too hung up about it. Sorry can't help you to who can do it but don't spend too much on it even though they are nice thick cases.

The plastic handles self-destruct even when mint in box and having never seen the light of day. So bad is it that they don't effect the collectors value.

One of the loveliest rifles ever made.

What calibre is yours?

thanks muskett for the reply,all it is with the zip,the gun was left standing up on the recoil whilst in the bag and its damaged one of the teeth on the zip, so when you zip it up half way up the recoil pad the zip opens back up,but just in that area, it bugs the shxt out of me,its a 22 calibre and yes it is used but a nice used example,thanks again kevin

[harry mac]

To my mind the Centenial was a lovely rifle let down by it's accessories. The PH mounts supplied with the rifle were rubbish and like Muskett said above, the case handles just disintegrate after a few years. My Centenial has been used a lot, but is still in very good condition, and all the accessories are still there. What do they fetch on the market these days?

[Gareth W-B]

What do they fetch on the market these days?

Got £450 for mine last spring when skint, but it was in truly v-vgc, and near mint, with all the bits and bobs, and the bag was as new, too (perfect condition handles and zip ).

Have seen them go for far more than that in that condition however, but like I said, I was without a work contract then, and skint, with three kids to feed, so £450 injected into my finances at that time, was like a couple of grand would be now ... Atb: G.