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I have found a .30-06 BSA Majestic Featherweight at a good price and was wandering if anyone was familiar with them. This one is in great shape and has rings with it. I don't need another '06 but the rifle is intriguing with its factory porting. What can y'all tell me about this Brit?

They were good rifles in their day, on par with Charles Daily or Whitworth, MKX etc. Not sure if the Majestic is a CF2 model or a Mauser seem to recall that name with both actions.

Majestic's were good rifles, a bit ahead of their time, the porting was a real pita, very loud and most shooters shortened the barrel to get rid of it. A bit of BSA history I have picked up over the years -

BSA Hunters were made 1953-55. Only chambered in 222 or 22 Hornet. Early models had no recoil hole in the rear scope base, and mid 1955 BSA stopped engraving “Hunter” on the receiver.

1954 – 59, changed to the Regent, a short action similar to the Hunter, only chambered in 222 and 22 Hornet.
Viscount, a med action chambered in 243, 7x57, 300 savage and 308
Imperial, a long action chambered in 270, 30.06, and 375H&H,
this action length was marketed for export out of the UK as the “Royal”
Emperor, a reinforced long action, chambered only in 458 Win.

In 1959 they changed to the Majestic, similar looking to the previous models, but only in Med and Long action, and push feed rather than controlled feed.

Later came the Monarch and CF2.

My Imperial is an excellent rifle. The stock is perfectly proportioned and shaped to align the issue open sights in front of my eye. Looking through a scope requires lifting my face up and off the stock, but it is doable. Very well made, lightweight, and very accurate rifle. The muzzle brake provides a marked decrease in felt recoil. Overall a very nice rifle.