Identify a BSA

[junglie]

Thanks for the above ideas guys,
I couldn't photo as the dealer showing it to me is a bit crafty and if I show a lot of interest he'll want a silly price that'll make it beyond considering, he's odd like that, doing a deal with him is like playing poker. I was shown it in passing so no price mentioned as I was there to buy something else not gun related.

I thought magnum was pistol? I should have said this is a rifle when I mentioned how it looks like a short Mercury. The barrel end looks proper not cut down as the colour is constant with no bright steel showing, the end has a nice correct looking profile and there is a correctly positioned threads for a foresight but missing (as is the rear) as there is a scope on the rails but I can see no markings under the scope.

if it's a 635 magnum it'll have 2 small threaded holes in between the scope dovetails, take a few .22 pellets with you when you try to buy it, try them in the bore & if they drop through it's a .25 magnum.Tell the dealer its obviously had the barrel bored out & without the open sights £50 is the most you can offer....

[stevegv8]

if it's a 635 magnum it'll have 2 small threaded holes in between the scope dovetails, take a few .22 pellets with you when you try to buy it, try them in the bore & if they drop through it's a .25 magnum.Tell the dealer its obviously had the barrel bored out & without the open sights £50 is the most you can offer....

The guy isn't a gun dealer a such he buys and sells absolutely anything, I know what he paid for it and I know he likes a healthy profit so it won't come at £50 I'm afraid
He hasn't offered it yet he is testing my desire for it and that's why it's like playing poker with him
I'll sit it out and see how it goes.

[stevegv8]

I will get to see this again tomorrow at last, he has now said it's for sale at £110. Going to check it over and bid upto £90 max as I know there are no open sights with it. It will include a scope but not expecting that to be anything special, have to see what tomorrow brings.
One extra question though, what age would these models be? I'd say '90's if I had to guess.

[Geezer]

I will get to see this again tomorrow at last, he has now said it's for sale at £110. Going to check it over and bid upto £90 max as I know there are no open sights with it. It will include a scope but not expecting that to be anything special, have to see what tomorrow brings.
One extra question though, what age would these models be? I'd say '90's if I had to guess.

That's a decent price, unless it's in really poor shape.

Late 80s. Something like 1985-88.

[oliver13]

I changed the buffer washer in a mates 635, it just had ordinary scope grooves milled into the compression tube, not the Maxigrip rail,
He'd gone off the the Royal Marines for a few years & left it in a cupboard. When he came back it wouldn't cock, he was going to throw it out but I piped up & said I could fix it, rather than 'I'll give you a fiver because it's got a good stock'.
He got it to shoot rats in his garden, when I saw the size of the pellets I had to feel a bit sorry for them.

[stevegv8]

I finally got the 635 Magnum from the seller after a lengthy farce so he could get the best price from me. What a ritual we always have to go through!
Serial is below 1400 so assume mid 80's as Knibbs says they were 85-87.
Not done pics before not not sure they will work.

[Fronteria]

A couple of photographs of my BSA 365 Magnum in .25
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fronte...57664836498406