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BSA SMALL-BORE TARGET RIFLES

plus equivalent TARGET RIFLES of major competing British manufacturers,

with just a small representation of significant foreign competitors

or click here for a quick comparison and reference page of all TARGET RIFLES

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CLICK HERE, or the IMAGE BELOW, TO VIEW THE COMMON PART NAMES OF A SMALL-BORE target RIFLE

manufactured by.......... The Birmingham Small Arms Company .........Birmingham, England

In approximate chronological order

The BSA War Office Pattern Miniature Rifle

BSA Model No.1

BSA Models Nos.2 and 3

SMALL-FRAME MARTINI ACTION RIFLES

ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BEST START WITH THE MODEL No.4 FOR BASIC BRIEFING

BSA Models Nos.4 to 4b, 5 and .310 Cadet Model

BSA Models Nos.6 and 7

BSA Models Nos.8 and 9

BSA Models Nos.10 and 11

BSA Model 12

BSA Model No.13

? BSA Model No.14 ?

BSA Models No.15 and Centurion

BSA Model No.12/15

BSA Century Model

BSA International Mks I & II

BSA International Match Rifle Mk. III

BSA International Rifles Mks IV (ISU) & V

The BSA .22RF Repeating Rifles

partly constructed BSA Miniature Rifles -General images only

partly constructed BSA Miniature Rifles - Sights & Accessories images only

OTHER BRITISH or COMMONWEALTH MANUFACTURERS

The W.W. Greener Martini rifles

The Vickers Martini rifles

The Parker-Hale Dewar rifles

The Parker-Hale CMT rifles

Westley Richards miniature rifles

The Cogswell & Harrison "Certus"

The Jurek rifle

The Barnett Rifle

The Australian Sportco Martini target Rifle

In 1936 at Alexandra Palace, the competition

was not limited to those shooting !

The manufacturers were every bit as competitive!

See the advertisements - left and right.

What other rifles were available to the target rifleman, for his sport, to compare with BSA products?

We provide just brief mentions of the main worthy foreign competition to the Martini International series and earlier marques of BSA rifle

The Anschutz

The Walther

The Finnish Lion

The Winchester 52

The Remington 37 & 40-X

The Feinwerkbau - under construction

The Unique - under construction

For the uninitiated, below are shown diagrams of two types of small-bore target rifle with their common usage part names

THE FIRST DIAGRAM IS OF A TWO-PIECE STOCKED RIFLE

such as THE BSA INTERNATIONAL

THE SECOND IS OF A ONE-PIECE STOCKED RIFLE

such as THE WINCHESTER 52, REMINGTON 37, ANSCHUTZ 54, FINNISH LION, JUREK, etc.

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