Please recommend me a classic break barrel.....

[averageplinker]

......I have recently been considering obtaining a well made mid size/power break barrel and had thought a new HW30s would do the trick. I want this for me to play with now but with the intention that it becomes my sons training rifle several years from now.

Then I thought why not consider an older classic alternative So how about it collectors corner, what would you advise

Cheers Rich.

[MRVEG]

A BSA Mercury would be a good option mate

[averageplinker]

...as a Mercury Challenger Carbine was my first rifle but perhaps a little mansized. Are the older BSA Meteors better made than the current production model?

[MRVEG]

MK1 Meteors are well made. BSA skimped on the later models. You could also try a Supersport. I'm a bit BSA biased though - i'm sure others will have plenty of ideas

[farquhar]

Webley Vulcan, excellent build quality and very reliable and accurate.

rgds
kenny

[tjg]

I love the meteor,but a webley Hawk ,was a smashin gun..even interchangable barrells on the mk1...boy size, but harder to find though..
TIM

[hookerball]

......I have recently been considering obtaining a well made mid size/power break barrel and had thought a new HW30s would do the trick. I want this for me to play with now but with the intention that it becomes my sons training rifle several years from now.

Then I thought why not consider an older classic alternative So how about it collectors corner, what would you advise

Cheers Rich.

Hi
As others have said BSA Mercury or a Webley Vulcan are excellent but another i would throw in the ring would be a RWS 38 in 177 a real brut as most RWS stuff is.
cheers
P

[airpowerd1a]

Hi
As others have said BSA Mercury or a Webley Vulcan are excellent but another i would throw in the ring would be a RWS 38 in 177 a real brut as most RWS stuff is.
cheers
P

hi
bsa cadet major great little rifles

[smallholder1]

webley falcon in .22

[Sam99]

A MK1 Weihrauch HW80 - in 0.177

[hookerball]

hi
bsa cadet major great little rifles

the best

[edbear2]

If you want to go back a bit further.......a 1930's BSA model.......the daddy of the Major/meteor range

Looks like this.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3122848...7607860743867/

[david9d]

I have to agree that the BSA Cadet Major is a super juvenile gun, and I have taught my grandsons how to shoot using one. Only available in 0.177 so a bit fiddly for a youngster. Every collection should have one.
The Mercury is more of a full size gun and is available in both calibres, so is more serious to a young mind. Have been known to creep up to 12 ft.lbs and I think rather overlooked and undervalued at present.
Alternatively, grab a piece of history and look out for a Birmingham Webley Longbow.

I can't make up my mind which is best, so have ended up with all three !!
David

[junglie]

Go for a 2nd hand HW 50s, light accurate & easy to cock ( like a baby HW80),or a new HW 99s, very similar gun.

[averageplinker]

.....but a lot are what I would class as full or near full sized rifles. Perhaps I am really after a small/mid sized rifle (no bigger than a meteor really, perhaps smaller). So lets say that for BSA we have a Meteor or Cadet. What are the equivalent models for the following makers?......

HW
RWS/Diana
Webley
etc

I should never have sold on the BBS the Baikal I bought from our illustrious sponsor. It would have been an ideal size

Still really old as suggested below is starting to appeal........

If you want to go back a bit further.......a 1930's BSA model.......the daddy of the Major/meteor range

......as I may be moving nearer Bisley and could try some vintage bell target type shooting