## BSA Club underlever Circa 1939 ##

[MattyBoy]

See how easy I can mount up........

[Bessa]

Yes....if you break for spares it can be a better way to make the return on your initial purchase but is sad that the rifle would be lost down this route.
If your lucky enough to find a market for the sight, you may well get 20 to 30 quid for it. Dont forget some shops will often have original unused spares with which your well used spare is up against.
Stocks are tricky, with many enthusiasts and dealers accepting dirty stocks with the odd blemish here and there but bad stocks can be virtually worthless.

[Garvin]

If your lucky enough to find a market for the sight, you may well get 20 to 30 quid for it. Dont forget some shops will often have original unused spares with which your well used spare is up against.

I'm curious to know the source of your confident assertions on this thread Mr Bessa? If you can show me "some shops" that have original unused pre-War BSA spares for sale I'll eat one of my Improved Model Ds for dinner.

It's a brave (or daft) man who second guesses Lakey's (or Edbear2's) verdict on matters concerning vintage BSAs .

[Lakey]

"See how easy I can mount up"

Perhaps I should have check the spelling before I hit the send button

What I meant to say was " See how easy it can mount up"

[Lakey]

Yes....if you break for spares it can be a better way to make the return on your initial purchase but is sad that the rifle would be lost down this route.
If your lucky enough to find a market for the sight, you may well get 20 to 30 quid for it. Dont forget some shops will often have original unused spares with which your well used spare is up against.
Stocks are tricky, with many enthusiasts and dealers accepting dirty stocks with the odd blemish here and there but bad stocks can be virtually worthless.

I agree with you, that it is sad to break a rifle purely for financial gain, however in the ' Cold light of financial day ' more and more people are going down this route on 'the bay'. Other thing you must remember is most collectors will always prefer a period spare for an old rifle, in preference to a modern copy, so that means that there is always a ready market for genuine period spare parts. I too would like to find a shop with new B.S.A underlever spares I would buy the lot!

Lakey

[Marsh.]

Hi all, What might you say about ME, I am puting a 1911 BSA bits'a togeather!!!!!!!! (just for the fun)
Marsh.

[Binners]

I'm curious to know the source of your confident assertions on this thread Mr Bessa? If you can show me "some shops" that have original unused pre-War BSA spares for sale I'll eat one of my Improved Model Ds for dinner.

It's a brave (or daft) man who second guesses Lakey's (or Edbear2's) verdict on matters concerning vintage BSAs .

Will that be with salad or veg sir ?

BSA Standard rear sight blade purchased from a local retailer just last March still wrapped in brown greaseproof paper

Whats for desert ? maybe a something light like a meteor

[Garvin]

Will that be with salad or veg sir ?

BSA Standard rear sight blade purchased from a local retailer just last March still wrapped in brown greaseproof paper

Whats for desert ? maybe a something light like a meteor

I quoted the original post carefully.... "some shops" and "spares" (plural) just in case some smartarse came up with a one-off purchase.

[Binners]

I quoted the original post carefully.... "some shops" and "spares" (plural) just in case some smartarse came up with a one-off purchase.

That's the nicest thing I have ever been called on this site

[Bessa]

Yes....take the point.....old BSA underlever spares arent exactly jumping out the woodwork. I was talking generically for all older guns really and probably later models than early pattern BSA.
John Knibbs once had spares for one or 2 of the early pattern models and Surrey guns had a selection of peep sight and rearsights for some quite old specimens.
I turned up a peep for a BSA Club at flee market last year 15 quid.

[Binners]

Yes....take the point.....old BSA underlever spares arent exactly jumping out the woodwork. I was talking generically for all older guns really and probably later models than early pattern BSA.
John Knibbs once had spares for one or 2 of the early pattern models and Surrey guns had a selection of peep sight and rearsights for some quite old specimens.
I turned up a peep for a BSA Club at flee market last year 15 quid.

Just give Danny the name of a couple of gun shops that once sold at least two bits.

Gas mk 4 for about 28 years should have it cooked