BSA Scorpion or HW 45 ?

[ETCHY]

When the Scorpion pistol first came out and me loving all things BSA I , bought one I recall somewhere around £89 pounds , after a good few years of ratting and the odd rabbit and squirrel , I took it to Scotland to use with my two young nephews who had so much fun with it that I decided to leave it there with them and I got to use it again on my many trips north.
As the years went by I missed it ,on many occasions it would have been to tool to go to for dispatching the odd rat etc, so when seeing one for sale in my local gun shop at a very good price I purchased it .
Then Scotland decided to implement a licence for air weapons and my nephews are now married with sons of their own who do not shoot yet ,so it was decided that the pistol should come home south of the border until they are old enough to shoot .
So now I have two and am having lots of fun with both, accurate and powerful enough for dispatching cage caught vermin, they are easy to cock and have a very good safety button, brilliant piece of kit.

You have two Scorpions , I am a jealous man

Dave

[Andy001]

I wanted to convert a couple to .20 and possibly .25. I missed a brazing machine so the only way would be to drill and rebarrel the barrel....plus small narrow barrels are hard to come by.

I'm a fan I've four or five, lol Had seven, got told it was too many I'd still have another

[derekj]

.177 Diana P5. Long sleek, powerful, accurate, nicely balanced, bright open sights with a fantastic 2 stage trigger.

[oneseven]

I have a .177 and a .22 Scorpion as well as a .22 HW45. I prefer shooting through scorpions and recently have been thinking about a buccaneer for fun. I just find the scorpions easier to shoot. The HW45 suffers from its compact layout I think, almost like a BSA magnum or Jumbo (although the jumbo is a different mechanism).

[ETCHY]

I now have a Scorpion pistol in .22. It's very cool, looks like a ray-gun & makes a hell of a bang when I manage to hit a tin can

I must admit I'm finding it difficult to be accurate with it (it's me, not the gun as Sophie is an excellent shot with it )

Having only shot Webley's before I seem to be taking a while to acclimatise to it ( I am getting better though), but any tips would be welcomed

Cheers

Dave

[buttloaves]

Way back when i had a scorpion pistol i had the brain wave drill out the breech to accept a hilti powder cartridge (the follies of youth) and as i wanted magnum power i used the black tipped cartridge for my test, i took the barrel off the gun drilled out the breech and tightened it in the vice, next i filled a pellet with solder and loaded it in front of the cart, as the rim of the cart was slightly raised above the breech it was an easy thing to just hit it with a hammer, at arms length of course i don't want you thinking it wasn't safe the barrel was pointing down at a balk of timber and with a deafening bang the hammer was thrown out of my hand and the timber looked like it had been shot with a 410 shot gun as the pellet defragmented. The rim of the cartridge sheared off where it protruded out the breech and left a very tight fitting brass sleeve in the breech, the idea was to fit a firing pin through the transfer port but after the shock of the first test fire i abandoned the project and believe that is why i am able to relate this crazy tale today. The barrel took the pressure ok though, i thought at the time it might end up looking like an exploded cigar.

[clarky]

Way back when i had a scorpion pistol i had the brain wave drill out the breech to accept a hilti powder cartridge (the follies of youth) and as i wanted magnum power i used the black tipped cartridge for my test, i took the barrel off the gun drilled out the breech and tightened it in the vice, next i filled a pellet with solder and loaded it in front of the cart, as the rim of the cart was slightly raised above the breech it was an easy thing to just hit it with a hammer, at arms length of course i don't want you thinking it wasn't safe the barrel was pointing down at a balk of timber and with a deafening bang the hammer was thrown out of my hand and the timber looked like it had been shot with a 410 shot gun as the pellet defragmented. The rim of the cartridge sheared off where it protruded out the breech and left a very tight fitting brass sleeve in the breech, the idea was to fit a firing pin through the transfer port but after the shock of the first test fire i abandoned the project and believe that is why i am able to relate this crazy tale today. The barrel took the pressure ok though, i thought at the time it might end up looking like an exploded cigar.

Bloody hell dude.....you sound like me....on crack.
Ive done some stuff down the years ....back in the 80s....i wont repeat it here ...admin would zorch the post.
Im very responsible .....and boring now.