BSA Superstar, is it underrated or not?

[Phil Russell]

Having tried a few at Boinger Bash meet ups in the past, the Superstar is a rifle I'd certainly like to add to my menagerie.

Oh dear ... either join the queue (please) or we find someone who has two for sale ... I am after a .177.
Cheers, Phil

[TonyL]

Oh dear ... either join the queue (please) or we find someone who has two for sale ... I am after a .177.
Cheers, Phil

And a Longbow, and a Tracker and a .

[WILBA]

And a Longbow, and a Tracker and a .

Traded my tracker deluxe as did not like the balance handling wise. Dont have a longbow but do have a boxed tomahawk

[WILBA]

I have a mk2 carbine which shoots beautifully. I find my 3 goldstars just as good as the superstar though if i am honest.

[I. J.]

Ive got a Superstar Magnum. A mark 2 in .177 which I think was designated for the US market but missed the boat.

[evert]

Ive got a Superstar Magnum. A mark 2 in .177 which I think was designated for the US market but missed the boat.

Its interesting how slapping on the magnum-word makes a gun more suitable for the American market.

[Geezer]

Its interesting how slapping on the magnum-word makes a gun more suitable for the American market.

Stand to be corrected, but I think we can blame Bob Beeman for inventing the marketing idea that any air rifle he sold making more than 10 ft-lbs was a “magnum”.

Helped sell a bunch of guns, though. The pithier American equivalent of our 1980s “maximum hunting power, right up to the legal limit”.

[I. J.]

Its interesting how slapping on the magnum-word makes a gun more suitable for the American market.

Im surprised how any writing on a gun can be a marketing ploy for the American market. I thought pictures would have been more suitable.