BSA Scorpion or HW 45 ?

[Geezer]

HW45 all day its more accurate and more powerfull than the scorpion the 45 is just better built its trigger is better the Bsa is ok but its rubbish compared to th HW45.

Dave,

I’m going to politely disagree with you a bit. I have owned only one example of each, but also tracked reviews and commentary by others.

Bottom line up front: I think they are equal. But very different.

Power: Scorp is in good condition always a 5+ gun. 45 is often mid-4s in factory trim.

Accuracy: tie. I can make a case that the Scorp is easier to achieve results with, because of its conventional layout and therefore normal spring-surge characteristics, rather than the overgrown Johnstone-Fearn Webley arrangement of the HW.

Build quality: not sure. Probably HW.

Ease of servicing: HW. By miles.

Handling: tie. The Scorp is colossal and the HW is smaller, and the HW has a 1911-style grip, so ought to win, but the Scorp is not bad either.

Trigger: my Scorp has a nice one. So does my 45. Tie. Advantage overall to the 45?

Cocking effort: 45 wins.

Coolness: well, I am of the age when the Scorpion was new and dead cool and the 45 did not then exist.

As I’ve said on here before, I spent many years thinking the Scorpion was a truly silly thing. Only once I got one did I change my mind. It’s surprinsgly good. (And the 45, while good, is not as great as some suggest).

Just my opinion.