hopefully

BSA gun date letters
Prefix Gun Calibre Date
A CADET 0.177 1945/46
AA BUCCANEER 0.177 1979-
B CADET 0.177 1946/49
BA CADET 0.177 1949/51
BC CADET 0.177 1951/59
C CADET MAJOR 0.177 1947/49
CA CADET MAJOR 0.177 1949/55
CC CADET MAJOR 0.177 1955/57
DA BUCCANEER 0.22 1979-
E CLUB MK1 0.177 1948/50
EA CLUB MK1 0.177 1950/54
EB CLUB MK1 0.177 1955/57
EC CLUB MK1 0.177 1958
ED CLUB MK2 0.177 1959
EE AIRSPORTER+FEW CLUB MK2 0.177 1959/65
EF AIRSPORTER MK2 0.177 1965/67
EG AIRSPORTER MK2 0.177 1967/68
EK AIRSPORTER MK4 0.177 1969/71
EL AIRSPORTER MK5 0.177 1971/74
EN AIRSPORTER MK5 AND 6 0.177 1974-
EP AIRSPORTER 'S' 0.177 1979-
G AIRSPORTER MK1 0.22 1948/54
GA AIRSPORTER MK1 0.22 1955/56
GB AIRSPORTER MK1 0.22 1956/58
GC AIRSPORTER MK1 0.22 1958/59
GD AIRSPORTER MK2 0.22 1959/65
GE AIRSPORTER MK2 0.22 1965/67
GF AIRSPORTER MK2 0.22 1967/68
GG AIRSPORTER MK2 0.22 1968/69
GI AIRSPORTER MK4 0.22 1969/71
GJ AIRSPORTER MK5 0.22 1971/74
GL AIRSPORTER MK 5 AND 6 0.22 1974-
GM AIRSPORTER 'S' 0.22 1979-
K MERLIN 0.177 1962/64
KA MERLIN 0.177 1964/68
L MERLIN 0.22 1962/64
LA MERLIN 0.22 1964/68
M CADET MAJOR 1947/48
N METEOR MK1 0.177 1959/62
NA METEOR MK2 0.177 1962/66
NB METEOR MK2 0.177 1966/68
ND METEOR MK3 0.177 1967/69
NE METEOR MK3 AND SUPER METEOR MK3 0.177 1969/73
NG METEOR MK4 AND SUPER METEOR MK4 0.177 1973-79
NH METEOR MK5 AND SUPER METEOR MK5 0.177 1979-
PA SCORPION 0.177 1977-
PB SCORPION 0.22 1977-
T METEOR MK1 0.22 1959/62
TA METEOR MK2 0.22 1962/66
TB METEOR MK2 0.22 1966/68
TD METEOR + SUPER MK3 0.22 1967/69
TE METEOR + SUPER MK3 0.22 1969/73
TG METEOR + SUPER MK4 0.22 1974/78
TH METEOR + SUPER 0.22 1979-
W CADET 0.177 1949/50
W MERCURY MK1 0.177 1971/73
WB MERCURY MK2 0.177 1974/78
WC MERCURY MK3 0.177 1978-
WH MERCURY S 0.177 1980-
Y CADET MAJOR 0.177 1949-
Z MERCURY MK1 0.22 1971/73
ZB MERCURY MK2 0.22 1974/78
ZC MERCURY MK3 0.22 1978-
ZH MERCURY S 0.22 1980-

i can't remember where i copied this from but i wrote it out by hand about 15 years ago

there may be updates but i don't know of any...

there are two 'W's, one for a cadet and one for a mercury, this is just how i copied it and dennis hiller seems to bear this out in his enlarged third edition of the collectors book of air rifles

hope this helps someone

thanks to magicesperanto for telling me how to put up on here (i hadn't a clue yet it was so easy


regards, john