BSA Improved Mod D with No 8 Sight

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BSA Improved Mod D with No 8 Sight

Post by Certus » Sun May 19, 2013 4:33 pm

Hello,

I have a small collection of pre WW1 BSA Improved Mod D air rifles but needed one to shoot regularly with my failing eye sight. I picked up and modified this 1912 example which was in good crisp condition but a bit light on original finish. I fitted a BSA No 8 aperture sight fitted with 6 hole eyepiece and Parker Hale FS22 foresight tube so that I could vary the elements. The No 8 sight was available as an option when the rifle was made and fits easily on the straight hand stock but needs some stock modification on the pistol grip rifle. I also removed the original rear sight to obtain an uninterrupted sight picture.
The rifle now gets used on a regular basis and allows me to continue to shoot quite accurately without the need for optical sights.

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Regards

Brian

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Re: BSA Improved Mod D with No 8 Sight

Post by Tank » Sun May 19, 2013 6:24 pm

There is absolutely nothing I can say. How do you follow that?
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Re: BSA Improved Mod D with No 8 Sight

Post by pmh » Sun May 19, 2013 6:34 pm

Another excellent post.

Kind regards,



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