NB568,
I have a mid-70s CF2 in .30/06 that has the same qualities of your .270. The set trigger setup is really growing on me the more I shoot it.
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I have a mid-70s CF2 in .30/06 that has the same qualities of your .270. The set trigger setup is really growing on me the more I shoot it.
harrygrey382
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No brainer for me - PH any day. Purely because for me - Mauser 98 actions can’t be beaten (I love my 1640 but 98s have the edge). I also had a really irritating time with a CF2 I had on long term lone. The CRF BSAs are really interesting but people struggle to get parts for the safeties that break and i believe there are issues with their triggers?
Many shooters do prefer P-H because of their M98 actions. Hard to disagree with that. I see the 1640 as a lighter weight, highly refined small ring Mauser.
BSA parts are truly scarce in the US. While not the best triggers I have, they are very usable, at least to me. I especially like the set trigger units.
HistoricBore
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There is one for sale right now on an internet auction site for Netherhampton Auctions in Salisbury, Wilts. It is a BSA in 7 x 57. I have not seen it but it is cheap!!
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harrygrey382
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I haven’t come across their set triggers. Set triggers seem to divide opinion pretty hard - personally I like them, although have more hunting time with regular triggers.
I’m not sure if I’d call the 1640 highly refined compared to a G33/40, but it’s certainly got some improvements over a 96. Only thing I don’t like about it is the bolt stop
Indeed, BSA's set trigger is a love-it-or-hate-it affair. I only have one rifle with one so I also have much more shooting time with regular triggers. The set trigger is growing on me the more I use it.
Fair point about the 1640 compared to a G33/40 and Model 96. When Husqvarna decided to quit using FN Mauser actions for their rifles, they designed the 1640. While many consider FN Mausers the gold standard (rightfully so), one can not the deny 1640 is a light, smooth, outstanding quality evolution of that grand design. Just my own humble opinion. Agree on the bolt stop, it is called the "thumb buster" for a reason!
Yes and no. As the 1200TX model designation implies it used the P-H 1200 action (very much a KAR98 type with some improvements done by P-H). I owned a TX many, many years ago and it definitely used a refurbished surplus military action with an improved trigger/safety group. It had the left receiver wall stripper clip loading thumb cutout and the standard military G/K98 bolt shroud with its circular gas shield ring less the safety lever. It preceded the cadet rifle by around 10 years, the cadets still using Number 4s when the 1200TX was introduced. The military model that the 1200TX was closest to was the P-H M82 sniper rifle which the UK MoD chose not to adopt, but became the standard 7.62 sniper model of the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand militaries, and was by all accounts an excellent performer for that time.
Parker-Hale M82 - Wikipedia
1200TXs were (and for all I know, still are) much sought after by Canadian sniper rifle collectors and enthusiasts who change the spec to turn them into affordable 'fake' M82s.
The L81A2 came a lot later and was a cheap and nasty version of intermediate P-H target models using the Spanish LaCorunna commercial M98 action with revised bolt shroud and no receiver wall cutout. By then the company had moved onto using much heavier receivers of its own design and manufacture in its mainstream target and marksman models, the M84 and M86 types. Presumably, MoD unwillingness to pay for something decent for the cadets stopped them buying a simpler stock and Parkerized metal finished version of the M84 (which by then was outclassed by more modern designs in the 'Target Rifle' discipline and whose sales were seriously declining anyway).
Now that is a trim little rifle in a great chambering that is extremely underrated in the US. I would go just a bit smaller on the scope but that is just me. You may have a specific need for your scope selection. Regardless, this rifle is a beauty.
Scotty99
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Thanks. You’re right about the scope, I’ve since changed it for a S&B fixed x8 scope which looks better.
I can’t get any 6mm Remington factory ammo here but I home load and I have a stock of around 300 cases so I’m good to go for a while.
I love the 6mm Remington round soft shooting, really accurate and around 200 fps faster than the .243 Win.
I bet that S&B 8x looks great on that rifle. What a nice scope match that is.
6mm Rem. is so overlooked here that you can not find it nearly as easily as .243. Factory 6mm Rem. is pretty good, but reloading saves you.
The 6mm Rem. was a better round than the .243 (and still is) but it was a marketing disaster from birth and the .243 never looked back.
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