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  1. 01-01-2010, 04:20 PM #1
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    BSA Airsporter MK2 for sale

    .22 Mk2 Airsporter, lovely stock, etching still visible, new Knibbs Titan spring fitted a few months ago, power 565fps/10ft/lb shoots nicely, very elegant £145 Posted

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    Hi prewar

    your first pic certainly is strange (well, not an airsporter at least )


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    Quote Originally Posted by johnbaz View Post
    Hi prewar

    your first pic certainly is strange (well, not an airsporter at least )


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    Thanks John...fixed now
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catlover View Post
    What calibre and is the stock walnut?

    Thanks, Cat

    .22 and yes, it is walnut.
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    Question Airsporter

    Walnut??
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    Quote Originally Posted by cambrai1917 View Post
    Walnut??
    What were they made from if not walnut? It isn't beech.
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    stocks

    Some Mk2 stocks were 'one-piece' and not made in the UK from 3 pieces of walnut
    These one-piece stocks were made in Italy

    I have a couple of these but cannot identify the wood. it certainly does not look like walnut but is a good quality hardwood nevertheless

    Perhaps someone on here may know the manufacturer and what wood these were made from.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pennineway.fswo View Post
    Some Mk2 stocks were 'one-piece' and not made in the UK from 3 pieces of walnut
    These one-piece stocks were made in Italy

    I have a couple of these but cannot identify the wood. it certainly does not look like walnut but is a good quality hardwood nevertheless

    Perhaps someone on here may know the manufacturer and what wood these were made from.
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    Thanks John, this is a three piece stock, I am sure it is walnut...it is very pretty anyway
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    I'm certain that all of the three piece stock were walnut, as John said some were single piece stocks and these definitely weren't walnut, i think these were marked with Sile or something similar...


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    Quote Originally Posted by johnbaz View Post
    I'm certain that all of the three piece stock were walnut, as John said some were single piece stocks and these definitely weren't walnut, i think these were marked with Sile or something similar...


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    Thanks John

    Sile rings a bell. I believe this was the Italian source of the one-piece stocks
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnbaz View Post
    I'm certain that all of the three piece stock were walnut, as John said some were single piece stocks and these definitely weren't walnut, i think these were marked with Sile or something similar...


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    Excellent, this is turning into a trainspotter thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prewar View Post
    Excellent, this is turning into a trainspotter thread

    ps Thanks John

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnbaz View Post
    Sorry mate



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  14. 02-01-2010, 10:22 AM #14
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    Re. The Sile stock.........these were also used on some mk 1 Airsporters as well as the mk 2's , Enfield sporters and other BSA products.......The company was SILE SPA. in Brescia Italy.......I don't actually know why BSA did this, I am presuming the 3 piece ones were more time consuming, and they couldn't keep up with the demand for the Airsporter, as I have seen later Mk 1's than mine with three piece stocks, so presumably the one piece jobbies were fitted as available, and not after a certain weapon serial number

    This was my (ex) GB prefix Mk 1 with SILE stock.....

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    hi

    you can usually see where the stocks are joined very clear , they look a bit like different types of wood if you seen one you would know what i mean
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