[Brithunter]

Hi There,

Well I can only go by BSA's own records, which were used by Mr Knibbs to write the book about BSA and nowhere in these records is the name "Royal" Used. I am thinking that seeing as how all the BSA rifles of the period used royal connections in their names, such as :-

Emperor
Viscount
Majestic
Monarch
Regent

Possibly led to Importers naming them "Royal"

Yes the Majestic Featherweight De Lux is a wonderful rifle mine in 270 Winchester weighs 6 1/4lb but does not have the BESA recoil reducer and as of yet I have not seen one here in Britian with one. It seems that most went for export, pehaps one day I will find one. Oh and the early Hunters had the action marked so, the Majestic has the bolt body engraved so, the actual Mauser long extractor was dropped from production in 1956 but some rifles built using this extractor were still sold up until 1963 as BSA made batches and their production was way ahead of their sales it seems.

Now on another BSA rifle matter, I recently saw an article and in it was mentioned a chap who used to work in one particular gun shop, it seems he now works at another. I must contact him later as the old shop had a certain Model 1923 sporting rifle in stock which I viewed but whilst I was sourcing inforamtion on it the shop closed and it's wherabouts were unknown. Hopefully this chap may know where it is and if it's still available. If it is perhaps a trade or deal could be worked out, so wish me luck.