Strange or Mystery Meteor?!

[Josie & John]

Thanks John, that info and confiirmation is much appreciated.

Glad to have helped!

John

[greenwayjames]

Mysterious versions of many BSA springers will continue to baffle well into the future. BSA always used up existing stocks of bits so there will be many transitional models kicking about.
They also had clearouts of experimental models and prototypes which were sold off to the public. JB told me that in his springer conversion days he had many pass through his hands. Amongst these were a much larger version of a Merlin with magazine on top and running parallel with the cylinder, an Airsporter prototype with an underlever a la pre-war under the barrel but in box section pressed steel and airsporter looking back end. The latter he swapped with John Galloway for a boot load of old airguns