BSA mercury range

[hotversion]

You do know you'll soften all the hardened parts?

This is a very bad idea.

Im not getting it cherry red just some heat into the steel so the oils absorbed into it,the barrel n action it won't soften any part ov it,there's some vids on YouTube of custom rifle makers doing the exact same thing on all sorts ov rifles.

[maximus]

Watch out for melting any brazed components like barrel to breech block!

[greenwayjames]

It wasnt the buffer that jammed up pistons in these the airsporters and some scorpions. It was the use of nylon for the earlier piston heads. This absorbed water and swelled up locking the piston solid. Buffers and heads are unrecognisable after the piston has been removed from the cylinder with a lump hammer and cold chisel BSA switched to using an ally head after this experience.

[look no hands]

It wasnt the buffer that jammed up pistons in these the airsporters and some scorpions. It was the use of nylon for the earlier piston heads. This absorbed water and swelled up locking the piston solid. Buffers and heads are unrecognisable after the piston has been removed from the cylinder with a lump hammer and cold chisel BSA switched to using an ally head after this experience.

That's strange as the Mercury S and Airsporter S I have, both where jammed up with alloy heads and a massive space where the buffer washer used to be, so I think it's the whole range that suffered

Pete

[greenwayjames]

That's strange as the Mercury S and Airsporter S I have, both where jammed up with alloy heads and a massive space where the buffer washer used to be, so I think it's the whole range that suffered

Pete

Sorry, my mistake. Avoid the use of the earlier nylon heads. When they jam they really jam

[look no hands]

Sorry, my mistake. Avoid the use of the earlier nylon heads. When they jam they really jam

You are correct but the old crumbly cheese buffer washer is the main culprit on the later models, that's why I always strip mine as soon as I get them to see what they are like inside, however good they look like on the outside.

Pete