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rifle A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with ...

manufactured by the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA).

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It is a bolt action hunting rifle with a fixed magazine with hinged floorplate produced in a number of centrefire calibers in three variants, the normal, the full-length stock Stutzen ("short") and the carbine. *Weight: *Length: 44.5 inches (40.5 for Stutzen and carbine variants) *Barrel Length: 24 inches (20 inches for Stutzen and carbine.) *Sights: supplied with adjustable rear sights, hooded ramp foresight, drilled and tapped for

scope mount Scope mounts are used to attach telescopic sights or other types of sights to firearms. The scope sight itself is usually made for only one of two main types of mounts, which can be classified as ''scopes for ring mounts'' (for example a 30 ...

s (Weaver mounts for Remington Model 700 fit the CF-2) The rifle was finished in blued steel barrel and action with gloss black paint on the alloy floorplate and trigger guard, the stocks were of wood. BSA no longer makes firearms
the BSA brand being confined to spring and precharged air weapons
following acquisition by Gamo.

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BSA or the Birmingham Small Arms Company started trading in 1861 in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

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, and until 1905 only did 'Government' work. In 1909 it produced its first commercial hunting and target rifles, based on a

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lever action. These continued in production until the company was liquidated in 1986, when the name and air rifle range was bought out and continues to be sold today. The BSA CF2 was introduced in 1972 as primarily a

hunting Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...

rifle. It was based on a modified

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style long action, and available in a variety of calibres and stock styles. It continued to be made until 1986. The stocks included an 'American' style with a Monte Carlo comb, a 'European' with a straight comb, and a full-length 'Stutzen' with many variations of wood, grade, colour, end caps, fillers and chequering. The BSA barrels are recognised as some of the best ever manufactured, with the standard rifle length being 24 inches, whilst the fully stocked 'Stutzen' carbine model was 20 inches. They were available in a standard weight with a tapered profile or a heavy 'bull barrel'. Standard calibres are

.222 Remington The .222 Remington or 5.7×43mm (C.I.P), also known as the triple deuce, triple two, and treble two, is a centerfire rifle cartridge. Introduced in 1950, it was the first commercial rimless .22 (5.56 mm) cartridge made in the United Stat ...

; .22/250; .243 Winchester;

6.5×55mm Swedish 6.5 × 55 mm Swedish, also known simply as , or in its native military as ' ('), meaning "6.5 mm cartridge model 1894", is a first-generation smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was introduced in the 1890s, and is still on ...

; 7×57mm Mauser;

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; 7×64mm;

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;

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;

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; 7mm Mag;

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. Many have been rebarreled as the action lends itself to 'experiments'. They all have a spring-loaded internal magazine with hinged floor-plate, and even the .222 is based on the long action, although with a modified magazine and feed ramp. They came with iron sights. The rear sight was available in 'standard' or with the 'Williams' adjustable ramp. The beaded foresight was protected by a spring steel shroud. The top of the action has the same profile and dimensions as the long action Remington 700, so all standard scope mounts will fit. The trigger module was available in both single and double set (German style) and are interchangeable and fully adjustable. The bolt has a two large locking lugs with a recessed face fully enclosing the cartridge rim. There is a large single extractor claw and a spring-loaded pin to assist in cartridge ejection. The safety is conveniently positioned just to the right of the bolt handle, and locks the bolt and disengages the sear when applied. By moving the safety catch partially forward, the bolt can be released whilst the rifle is still 'safe'. The rear of the bolt is profiled and has an indicator pin showing that the action is cocked. The manufacturing tolerances are very good, with all parts being interchangeable.

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