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  1. 11-05-2010, 11:56 AM #1
    elanmac
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    Car boot. BSA Supersport?

    Last weekend I bought a BSA .22 air rifle from a car boot sale for £25. The Serial No. is DS 37653 it looks like a Supersport but I can't find the DS prefix on any lists of identification numbers. Can anyone help to confirm it is a Supersport.

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  2. 11-05-2010, 12:10 PM #2
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    A picture would help!

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  3. 11-05-2010, 12:18 PM #3
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    That's an Lightning (a Supersport with Maxigrip scoperail), with an after-market moderator.
    A real bargain you got there.

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  4. 11-05-2010, 12:49 PM #4
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    Carboot Supersport

    Thanks Bart.
    Its a shame but I have an empty box for a Supersport so I will have to keep looking to see if I can find another.
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  5. 11-05-2010, 12:52 PM #5
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    bargain there mate! is it shooting alright?
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  6. 11-05-2010, 03:24 PM #6
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    nice one ! i love it when you find a bargain !
    cant say iv found one in a while though

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  7. 11-05-2010, 07:51 PM #7
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    I don't think it's a Lightning. It's a Supersport Carbine. The DS prefix denotes .22 Supersport. I think the Carbine had the Maxigrip rail as standard, and was fitted with the silencer adapter/muzzle weight (yours has a silencer screwed into it). You could also fit open sights (it would have come with them fitted as standard).

    The Lightning, I think, had no facility for open sights and had a permanently fitted silencer.
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  8. 11-05-2010, 08:19 PM #8
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    The Supersport custom came with maxi grip but they where only on MK1 supersports and had a different stock.

    But that could have been changed.

    Yours looks like a MK2 but cant be sure from the picture.
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  9. 11-05-2010, 08:39 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Murphy View Post
    The Supersport custom came with maxi grip but they where only on MK1 supersports and had a different stock.

    But that could have been changed.

    Yours looks like a MK2 but cant be sure from the picture.
    SS custom also had an adjustable breech bolt and pretend 2 stage trigger should help confirm or rule out. The muzzle adapter looks like the factory carbine.
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  10. 12-05-2010, 12:26 PM #10
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    Car boot Supersport

    Thanks everyone for your replies. It looks like it is a Supersport carbine.
    It has not got an adjustable breech screw but it has holes for fixed sights.
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  11. 12-05-2010, 12:28 PM #11
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    I'm not sure on the model but I reckon that's proper booty booty... bargain!
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  12. 13-05-2010, 03:53 AM #12
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    Nice find,
    I sold my ol' BSA Goldstar dirt cheap at a booty a few years back, regretted it ever since.
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  13. 13-05-2010, 01:41 PM #13
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    lucky so n so! i never come across bargains like that! nice buy mate
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  14. 13-05-2010, 04:39 PM #14
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    John Nibbs in the golden Century says DS=Supersport .22 1986 on.
    I will have to start going to boot sales.
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  15. 13-05-2010, 04:53 PM #15
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    what a find, £25 !!
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