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BSA century ~£25 good to 50m (forget at 100yds) i got 3 for scouts at that price each.

1066 wrote:

Delbourne wrote:I am looking for some advise, my Son (age 12) has started to do .22 target rifle and he would like to get his own rifle.

What type of rilfe would suit a new shooter ?

Thanks in advance for information/help

Are we talking prone NSRA, sling with aperture sights? I started at that age with a Martini 12/15, yes it was a little heavy but the sling takes most of the weight if it's properly adjusted.

As did I. Dad still has it too!

If it is Prone NSRA Target Rifle, 10/22's, CZ452 and the likes will all be less than useless...

He's from the COD generation, get him a 15 -22 & be done with it.

Some odd answers, but to be fair the question didn't have enough info to go on really.

Is the shooting taking place at an HO approved club?
Is the youngster shooting NSRA prone?
How long has he been shooting?
If NSRA prone, does he have all his own gear - jacket, sling, glove?
Has he asked the club captain / coach if they think his own rifle is appropriate?
Has he asked the club if they either have spare rifles for sale or know of members moving theirs on?

If, as I'm assuming, it is standard prone target rifle then the only real choices are Anschutz and BSA Internationals, barring a few wildcards.

Thanks for all,the replies

He is a member of a club he has his own jacket glove I do feel a bolt action rifle as that's what he is using at present

He has use of a rifle at the club he would like his own

I have been looking at the match 54/64 but j
Get a little confused with all the other numbers I know that the 54/64 is the barrel and the other numbers relate to the stock just not sure which one will suit him?

54 and 64 refer to the series of actions rather than the barrel - 54 being superior.

Oldest rifles will be marked match 54 or 64 on the barrel. Then they went to 14- series (like 1407, 1413) then 18,19 and finally 20.
-03 indicates a match 64 action, -07 indicates a light barrel Universal stocked version, -13 indicates heavy barrel supermatch version.

Current 'bottom of the rung' new rifles are the 1903 match 64 (£800 plus sights) and 1907 match 54 (£1500 plus sights).

Lots and lots of options and potential for confusion!

This is presumably going on your FAC?

Try the club he shoots at, most usually have members with rifles for sale that range from modern Anschutz to old BSA's. You could also try before you buy in most cases.

Anschütz is a safe buy and there are always decent used ones to be found on GunTrader for £3-400 or so. Accessories and hardware are cheap and plentiful.

bitfield wrote:Anschütz is a safe buy and there are always decent used ones to be found on GunTrader for £3-400 or so.

Anschutz are definitely the best choice for spares/support/accessories.

There are never the amount available that people seem to think though - guntrader currently only has 7 Anschutz target rifles at any price, and of those one is sold, another is spares/repair and one is in NI. I look on all of the sites and forums on an almost daily basis for smallbore target rifles so have a pretty good idea of what comes up and when - sometimes you're lucky, most often not. Add on £25 each end for the inevitable RFD transfer...

Most smallbore target rifles stay in circulation without hitting the sales sites.

Be prepared to travel when a good Anschutz comes up for sale, too. I recently did a 6 + hour round trip to Scotland to land a nice Match 54 in a 1913 stock.