bsa superstar 22 cal

[madcarlos]

hi i have been shooting for quite a few years and have had quite a few air rifles in my time and mostly do plinking and a bit of target shooting mainly over the woods, just recently i bought a bsa superstar at very good price of £40 from a chap who buys and sells airguns etc , even without seeing the gun in the flesh and only in picture i thought it was still a bargain so picked it up the other day , this morning weather was not to good so i found a old scope i had here knocking about and mounted it on the bsa, wow, an hour later sun came out so quickly grabbed the bsa superstar and the two dogs off we went , the gun to my surprise was very easy and smooth to cock and you would swear it had no internals it was that nice to cock , anyway i put a piece of board up that was about to quickly set the sights about 20 yards away it only took a couple of pellets and a couple of clicks , than shot a couple of cans about 30 yards away i did have to go up a couple of clicks on the scope and every shot on target, next was a paper target and about 40 yards,http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2542e65e.jpg,,, i shot 5 pellets in all at the paper target ,http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1242a164.jpg, the scope was set at 4x so could not see where exactly where i was hitting but i could tell it was not out of the center circle, when i did walk towards the target i was quite shocked how well this gun shot, here is some pics its far from mint but but not hanging by any means, http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/...ps35a7839b.jpg,,,,,,,,,,http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7a1b454a.jpg,,,,http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/...psbf32c4a7.jpg,,,,,,,,

i have only ever know one of the lads around here to have one of these superstars in 177 cal but never seen anyone else with one and you dont see a great lot about i just found this gun most probably one of the better bsa guns i have shot , anyone else had one of these and can add anything good or bad about this model, thanks guy

[Nikkormat]

What a bargain

I think yours is a Mk. I; the Mk. II had a barrel weight, like the carbine.

I had a Mk. I about 18-19 years ago, and it was very good. Someone on here said it was the best springer BSA ever made, and from my fairly limited experience I agree. Really nice, easy handling, well balanced, accurate rifles.

Matt

[Rickenbacker]

The Superstar is the best BSA springer ever made! ... £40 ??? Oh, you lucky so & so...

[madcarlos]

yes it was a bargain , i must admit when i shot this i was a bit gutted to think of the amount of money i have spent on some guns which i still have and this really aint far from them , i have a 1985 hw77k in 177 with a webley tune kit in and i got to say there is less kick on the bsa superstar, this seems better to shoot than any of the hw97 77 ,tx range and the prosport i have owned , i thought it would have been similar to the bsa stutzen i had with the same sliding breach but it shoots far better , the stock screws are in fine condition and i am not sure if it had ever seen a scope before, a really good gun

[Jake190]

I have a BSA Superstar Mk1 in .22.
A fine air rifle. So smooth and easy to cock, with its original internals. In the past I have put a whole tine of pelets through it in one session, on the odd occassion.

I recently had a gas ram put in it and its a bit harder to cock now and perhaps not quite as smooth as it was, but has a faster lock time and is perhaps a bit more accurate as a result and still a lot of fun to use.

[madcarlos]

took the superstar out again today its a cracking gun . i do like the loading system on these guns , i have been using aa fields and they work great , the weight and balance seem very good to, i am at moment enjoying this gun very much