Well I think the new BSA springer was worth the wait, even the style is great, keeping the swoopy back block just like the original.. though with a a 22mm piston & long stroke it won’t be so hard to change the spring on. I think the main thing people will be curious about is the sprung collar breech system that locks the cylinder and barrel together as solidly as a fixed-barrel, something they’ve managed to make very discrete and also paying tribute to the early Airsporter with its concentric barrel. Active trigger mechanism borrowing a little from the Rekord but wider and shallower which helps with those sleek lines. There’s a 28mm piston version for the US market and of course the heavy bull barrel reminiscent of the old ‘S’ series. I think they’re on to a winner, and Minnelli have done a great job of providing timber with a high comb and decent figuring. Add to that the easily detachable metal aperture sight and tunnel foresight I think it’s something traditionalists and moderns can both enjoy and appreciate. Well done BSA!
Yep, I can understand the poor lad's disappointment, Pete. Let's hope they do the right thing and give us a nice new springer soon.
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I was starting to get excited when I read Alistair's initial post....if only
John M
Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.
I only spent ten minutes or so on Google looking for it before I realised I had been hoodwinked
i knew it was a wind up when I got to "22mm"..
having said which (ignoring the barel lock mech) it would be nice. You forget to mention a breech bolt and keeper screw though Al.. that "innovation" passed BSA by (well it didn't, but they went backwards)
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
Does anyone remember when Mick put a chinese breakbarrel into a Meteor stock???
Cant find it anymore?
That gun is close to what I was hoping BSA would give us!
It would be so much prettier than BSA's latest airgun. It may be a fine performer but it sure is ugly.
They'd have to alter the rear end to accommodate the Mercury style trigger block (with the later Airsporter RB2 two bolt fixing) and copy the Challenger stock in walnut with the later Mercury pointy style front end to the stock (or even some Prosport style flutes), keep it graceful with elegant flowing lines and absolutely no maxigrip scope rail or higher end block like what's on the Challenger.
I'd buy it.
Pete
Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in