BSA Mercury S

[Josie & John]

I have a hankering for a nice walnut stocked early Mercury S, if anyone has one they are thinking of selling or perhaps bringing to Kempton.

Must be complete and original, as well as working order.

John M

[Josie & John]

I'm still looking for one, if anyone knows of a nice S for sale.

John

[D10bore]

I think there is one on “ free adds “ mike

[Josie & John]

I think there is one on “ free adds “ mike

Thanks Mike - I've been looking on there regularly but can't see one?

John

[Brickhill]

I hankered after a Merc "S" as i used to own one as a boy. It took me roughly two years to find a decent one. As it turned out it wasn't that great inside so i had the internals tuned and the stock re-finished. Shoots at 11.4 ftlbs with .22 Superdomes.
It's a great garden gun and i shoot pests with it. I've put a fair bit of money in to it but it's a keeper. I'm very fond of it. A very good piece of engineering but poorly finished by BSA in the day. The Merc "S" should have knocked the socks off the competition from Germany but they messed up. I hope to fall on a scope from the period but the Hawke is just fine at the moment.
Good luck with your search J&J, i had a bit of a job finding one !

[Josie & John]

I hankered after a Merc "S" as i used to own one as a boy. It took me roughly two years to find a decent one. As it turned out it wasn't that great inside so i had the internals tuned and the stock re-finished. Shoots at 11.4 ftlbs with .22 Superdomes.
It's a great garden gun and i shoot pests with it. I've put a fair bit of money in to it but it's a keeper. I'm very fond of it. A very good piece of engineering but poorly finished by BSA in the day. The Merc "S" should have knocked the socks off the competition from Germany but they messed up. I hope to fall on a scope from the period but the Hawke is just fine at the moment.
Good luck with your search J&J, i had a bit of a job finding one !

Thanks for sharing your thoughts - that's a lovely stock.

The Mercury is an underrated little gem in my view and the S is the one to have.

Kind regards,

John

[Brickhill]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts - that's a lovely stock.

The Mercury is an underrated little gem in my view and the S is the one to have.

Kind regards,

John

A pleasure John. I'm half looking for a mint(ish) one in .177.
Definitely a gem of a gun !!
Best of luck with your search.

Regards, Nigel