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    Quote Originally Posted by flyingfish View Post
    Why? I remember plenty of folks fitting BSA barrels to Theoben rifles but never the other way round
    Everybody seems to slate the BSA set up saying they should use a proper breech block like HW do.

    Even Gamo use a proper breech block and they own BSA.
    Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in

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    Quote Originally Posted by look no hands View Post
    Everybody seems to slate the BSA set up saying they should use a proper breech block like HW do.

    Even Gamo use a proper breech block and they own BSA.
    I have only ever owned 1 bsa break barrel
    Nothing wrong with it that I see
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    Pete, I thought fitting a German barrel to you BSA would be against all that you held sacred! Don't do it!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by maximus View Post
    Pete, I thought fitting a German barrel to you BSA would be against all that you held sacred! Don't do it!!
    He has gone to the dark side Max
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    Quote Originally Posted by flyingfish View Post
    He has gone to the dark side Max
    I reckon if we try really hard this weekend we could get him to look at a hw35 without retching

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldinio View Post
    I reckon if we try really hard this weekend we could get him to look at a hw35 without retching
    I've actually shot one at one of the bashes, luckily Tone didn't get a photo as I would have never heard the frigging end of it
    Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in

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    I shot a 35 once
    With my TX200 from about 35 yards
    Got a good group on the butt
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    Quote Originally Posted by look no hands View Post
    I've actually shot one at one of the bashes, luckily Tone didn't get a photo as I would have never heard the frigging end of it
    Or so you thought....


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    Quote Originally Posted by maximus View Post
    Pete, I thought fitting a German barrel to you BSA would be against all that you held sacred! Don't do it!!
    I'm not going to, I was just seeing if it was worth it.
    Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in

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