BSA Martini 22lr target rifle

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[No1Mk3]

Certainly doesn't look like a Cadet to me, everything about it that I can see strongly suggests a Model 12a from the foresight to the cleaning rod hole in the back of the action to the loop under the barrel is exactly like my old BSA Model 12, to which I fitted a No8 sight like yours to make my rifle the same as the 12a. Does it have a Kangaroo on the Nocks form?

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maybe it’s 8A?

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There is no kangaroo marks, only BSA trade marks

[No1Mk3]

It could well be an 8a, they both looked very similar. The 26" barrel on the 8a was 2 1/2" to 3" (early model) shorter than the 28 1/2" Model 12, and the action on the Model 8 & 8a was thinner at 1" compared to the Model 12. 13. 15 & 12/15 with 1 1/4" wide actions. All of these rifles were Target models however and none of them were Cadet rifles.

[Billo]

Nice rifle mate, hard to tell but is this a thick walled ?? From a glance it doesn't appear to be

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It could well be an 8a, they both looked very similar. The 26" barrel on the 8a was 2 1/2" to 3" (early model) shorter than the 28 1/2" Model 12, and the action on the Model 8 & 8a was thinner at 1" compared to the Model 12. 13. 15 & 12/15 with 1 1/4" wide actions. All of these rifles were Target models however and none of them were Cadet rifles.

It’s 1” thick receiver so probably it’s 8A

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Nice rifle mate, hard to tell but is this a thick walled ?? From a glance it doesn't appear to be

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[No1Mk3]

It could well be an 8a, they both looked very similar. The 26" barrel on the 8a was 2 1/2" to 3" (early model) shorter than the 28 1/2" Model 12, and the action on the Model 8 & 8a was thinner at 1" compared to the Model 12. 13. 15 & 12/15 with 1 1/4" wide actions. All of these rifles were Target models however and none of them were Cadet rifles.

It’s 1” thick receiver so probably it’s 8A

Nice, they all shoot very well. When I was younger and shot Smallbore with a Model 12 the bloke I bought it from used a Model 8 and he was club champion shooting against Internationals Mk 1, 2 & 3. I had been using a Lithgow Model 12, the BSA was actually not that much better than the heavy barrel Lithgow ( or I was just a sh** shot with both!!!). Does your foresight still flip over from ring to post? Some owners fixed them in one position.

[Beeza]

https://www.rifleman.org.uk/BSA_small-bore_target_rifles.html

[mchughcb]

Very nice. I need one like this for rook rifle comp.