BSA Superstar, is it underrated or not?

[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.

[madcarlos]

I picked up a cheap one some years ago, Same time as I bought my fx verminator, The bsa cost me £40 from a chap in Swansea, With the difference in price of the two guns it's was a little gutting to find it was grouping better than the fx, Out of all the guns I've had over the years the I would say the ones that have been noticeably better was the daystate mk3, Hw77 and the bsa superstar.

[TonyL]

I picked up a cheap one some years ago, Same time as I bought my fx verminator, The bsa cost me £40 from a chap in Swansea, With the difference in price of the two guns it's was a little gutting to find it was grouping better than the fx.

Love it.

[paulbrouw]

I have a .22 Superstar, it was the first gun I bought at the start of lockdown, it is a bit scruffy and I am having trouble getting it to shoot consistently! I would like to get it properly sorted, is there anyone on the forum that likes to work on them?
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