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    BSA Meteor/Supersport

    hi all

    in 1979 which was the cheapest the meteor or the super sport .

    reason i am trying to remember which gun was the first i ever bought it was from the gun shop in cheadle hulme cheshire

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    Likely a Meteor or possibly Super Meteor. Supersport did not arrive until well into the 80s.

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    Yep. Supersport was introduced in 1986, I seem to remember.
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    thanks lads i spelt it wrong in heading no glasses

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manxi View Post
    thanks lads i spelt it wrong in heading no glasses
    Looks ok to me.

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    Yes it dose now it must have been screen on my lap top steam punk

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    Anyone know how much the meteor was selling for in 1979

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manxi View Post
    Anyone know how much the meteor was selling for in 1979

    cheers manxi
    Around £30, I think. Give or take a fiver. Back when a fiver meant something more than a couple of posh coffees (which didn’t exist in 1979).

    Equivalent of about £150 now. Which is about what a new Gamo/BSA Mk7 one costs now, at least if you shop around.

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    Yep, I think I bought my new Meteor Super in 1978 (might have been late '77) for £28.50.

    Couple of POSH coffees in LONDON for a fiver, Me Geez??
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    Quote Originally Posted by TonyL View Post
    Yep, I think I bought my new Meteor Super in 1978 (might have been late '77) for £28.50.

    Couple of POSH coffees in LONDON for a fiver, Me Geez??
    Yes, Tone, or half a pint of hand-made organic wheat curated artisan craft beer, whatever that is supposed to be.

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    Just flipped through a 1982 edition of Airgun World

    The Meteor and Super Meteor advertised around the £35 mark,along with the boxed Scorpion pistol, complete with accessories.

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    According to the October 1979 issue of Airgun World, you could get Meteor from Don Gray in Chatham for £23.50, or a Super Meteor for £27.75. Also has an article about some weird pneumatic tranquilizer gun made by some bloke called Don Lownds (their spelling).

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