BSA Standard Variant 2L
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:20 am
At a Vancouver Island gun show the weekend before last, I was offered a BSA Standard Variant 2 L (.177). It was the first I had ever seen in the flesh so naturally it had to come home with me to keep my full size BSA Standard company. Here is a photo showing the difference in size, as well as photos of the L variant.
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The barrel is 17", LOP is 14.25" and OAL 39 7/8". If there was any etching on the barrel, it is long gone. Aside from the serial number (L38740), the only other marking on the barrel is a 1 between the rear sight and pellet loading port. On the stock is what appears to be a crown (could be the pylarms logo - is indistinct) behind the trigger guard and 14 1/4 has been marked into the stock behind the pistol grip.
Does anyone have an idea of the year of manufacture? I shall also post this on Garvin's site in hopes of obtaining an answer.
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The barrel is 17", LOP is 14.25" and OAL 39 7/8". If there was any etching on the barrel, it is long gone. Aside from the serial number (L38740), the only other marking on the barrel is a 1 between the rear sight and pellet loading port. On the stock is what appears to be a crown (could be the pylarms logo - is indistinct) behind the trigger guard and 14 1/4 has been marked into the stock behind the pistol grip.
Does anyone have an idea of the year of manufacture? I shall also post this on Garvin's site in hopes of obtaining an answer.