Help with disassembly of a BSA Club Special

[Huttles94]

Hi all,

I am currently working on my BSA Club Special. It was my grandfathers first air rifle back in the 40's and ill be honest. It has seen better days. Still shoots really well but I think the barrel is bent since all shots are way off target. Which reminded me that when I first had a go with it, the rear sight was way over to the left, I am guessing this was to compensate for the bent barrel. When the sight was off I was hitting just to the right of the bulls eye of my target. When I corrected this and put the sight in the dead center, all the shots are going way off to the right of the target.

So to have a look I started to disassemble the rifle. Got everything apart but now I cant get the damn piston out. It has come so far that the sear is out but it is now stiff as hell. It was full of gunk (looked like old grease and mud!) so I put a bit of oil down it and I am going to leave it stood up for the night, hopefully this will help.

This is the first time I have worked on these old BSA's. So I am learning as I go, but does anyone know of any good guides, specifically for these old rifles?

Also if the barrel is the problem, what would be the best way to correct it? Because it is a really nice rifle and I would love to get it sorted and take it to my Grandfathers so we can both have a shoot.

Cheers,

Jake