BSA Airsporter into a Stutzen stock

[James K]

I've found a place with a few reasonably priced Stutzen stocks that need refinishing. Can it be made to hold the workings from any of the standard Airsporters or Airsporter S?

[Geezer]

Unless I have missed something, it should work fine. And look a bit like the older Centennial.

If you can share it, I'd be interested to know what place is selling the stocks.

Edit: it should work fine if your action has the same diameter barrel as the Stutzen barrel. IIRC, they used the thicker barrel from the S, but don't trust me on that.

[look no hands]

If you're looking at the John Knibbs site then check their stock as they only have the Centenary stocks, remember that the RB2 Stutzen stock won't fit the tap loader action (and vice versa) and that some of the earlier Airsporters had longer cocking levers and a lot of the Stutzens used the push button shorter levers.

Pete

[johnbaz]

The Barrel band from a Stuttie would be needed I think to hold down the forend!!

I've seen this combination on facebook, It looked strange but really quite nice

I occasionally look on fleabay for a Stuttie stock but they always go way expensive on there!

Also, There's a difference between the not sop common taploading Stuttie and the RB2- There's no circular cutout for the tap on the RB so it would need to be inlett for it..


John

[Airsporterman]

It's probably fair to say that just about any Airsporter stock could be adapted to fit almost any Airsporter action - it all depends on your Woodworking skills/abilities.
I have a Mk1 action that is fitted into a Mk4 stock - it has been reasonably well done and looks okay - but it may not stay that way. (I bought it as a 'project' with a view of making a one off stock myself)
I also have a Mk2 action I fitted into a Mk1 stock - there are minor differences but I modified the stock to allow for them.
There are a number of differences between all the different Marks - some have been pointed out already.
What the end result would look like would again depend on your woodworking skills, in some cases, pieces of matching beech would have to be inlet where the breech/barrel shape differs at the front, the position of the forend screws differ, (so may require dowling and relocating the holes etc.
The Mk1/2 actions have a slimmer profile towards the front, so the shape of the stock differs, later marks have different barrel arrangements at the breech etc. The mk1 one piece barrel tapers from the breech, all other marks have parallel barrels but differing details at the breech, the 'S' barrels are bigger diameter, etc, etc. Differences in tap/rotary breech loaders, differences in the underlever types.
Not quite so easy a task as one might imagine but not impossible!

ASM

[the green man]

how much do stutzen stocks go for and barrel band