BSA Lightning XL .22

[The Squire]

after six months the barrel started to wobble from side to side

The .22 I had did similar. Managed to sort it by removing the barrel assembly and adjusting the compression tube in a vice. Lovely looking rifles which handle great but for engineering quality get an HW, any HW

[Rune_rebel]

Hi.
I got a Lightning tactical cal 22 in FAC.
The gun is very accurate, but only likes H&N FT pellets. Nothing else.

It is very frustrating that the stock bolts get loose and must be tightned afther every 20 shots or so.
My 20 year old Supersport dont have this problem.

Sincerely
Rune

[hwtyger]

Dont forget, the BSA's mountsize is 14mm iirc! So if you put on a standard 11mm, it'll be off centre..
Resting it...on whát? Something soft or hard? Some springers dont like resting at all..
Also, too firm hold?
I had a Lightning Tactical .22
Shot ok, but was much work to shoot accurately. VERY fuzzy. Indeed, loose barrelfit.
Never had stockscrew issues though. No twang, no cockingnoise, easy to cock, very pointable.
Here in holland, they're way overpriced imo.

[mclovin]

i had one of these for my 1st air rifle, it never skipped a beat i am very surprised so many people have had so many problems

[Dave1943]

My BSA Lightning is a Mk 1, that I bought about 1988 or thereabouts. It's a .22 and FAC, after breaking two mainsprings, I fitted a .177 gas ram and no problems in that area since. I just locktighted the screws to stop them working loose, I thought that the trigger mechanism is a bit crude but it's accurate enough and basically a general purpose workhorse. I mainly use it for ratting and pigeon clearence. If I knew then what I know now, I would have bought either an Air Arms or Weihrauch. I could change it I suppose, but the hassle of having to go through to get it changed on a FAC, so I'll stick with it. (I live in NI and all airguns are on FAC)

[gazj1986]

i was interested in the tactical, looks amazing. Anyone else had these problems or have u just been unlucky?

[metal_headuk]

this has been interesting thread, ive owned my tac in .22 for 2 years and found it to be a fantastic gun, really good reliable hunter, only problem i had with it is that the body has slightly discoloured, im metuciculous in cleaning and caring for my rifles but this is the only one that has done this?? oh well still a cracking gun in my opinion tho