Hi, I'm still looking for a John Bowkett tuned BSA Meteor.
A needle in a haystack, but who knows!
John tuned many Meteors in the eighties. He doesn't tune them anymore, I have asked.
Cheers, Louis
Ps. The screenshot is from JB's Facebook fanpage.
Hi, I'm still looking for a John Bowkett tuned BSA Meteor.
A needle in a haystack, but who knows!
John tuned many Meteors in the eighties. He doesn't tune them anymore, I have asked.
Cheers, Louis
Ps. The screenshot is from JB's Facebook fanpage.
You and me and a lot of others!
These things are like hen’s teeth.
Apparently they were harsh on firing.
A far sweeter tune is Shed Tuner's version, converted to a parachute.
Does J Budd also put in a breech bolt as Bowkett did ?
I have a Mercury that was tuned (And customised a bit!), It had an axis bolt/nut fitted among other stuff done, It was done by a gent called Ed Bishop, I think from Essex, It's a lovely rifle and much more positive on the lock up that the other Merc's I have
I was told (If my memory serves) that the axis bolt assembly came from a Haenel but it looks more like a HW affair to me!
Cheers, John
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I don't think he does, I think you could just use a shoulder bolt and a nut. Bowkett may have used the HW bolt, which is wider and so some machining is needed. The lock-up on the Meteor is OK, the jaws will spread if you over-tighten the stock bolts or if they see heavy use, the trick is to squeeze them back into alignment with a padded vice with the barrel out. The actual jaws are hollow so you can't thread them, you have to use a bolt and nut.
Mercuries can be retro fitted with a Mercury-S bolt and nut but also need some machining.
Have to say that I dislike meteors, I thought the jaws were just very soft but then realised they're a sort of tinplate type construction with an inner yoke brazed or welded in to the outer part, If you look through the pivot holes there's a space between them, not sure if it's the same for all the marks, I've a mk1 and a mk2 but haven't stripped them yet to find out!!
This is a scrap cylinder from a Meteor, Can't remember which type it is though!!
I much preferred the Cadet/Major that preceded the Meteor
John
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