bsa1917hunter,
I have had several of the BSA Sporter 17s, and agree with you on them being the "poor mans pre-64" . Their only serious drawback is that they are a tad heavy, which prompted me to rechamber one of the Ds to 270 Wby.
That was my first 270 Wby, and Bevan King did the job. He said the steel cut as smoothly as any new barrel he had made, and that getting it to to feed into the coned breech was a piece of cake. It shot just as well after the job as before, and killed a very nice bear just a few days later.
Yours looks very nice, and the Redfield variable sure fits the vintage well.
Ted
