BSA XL SE .22 Advice

[angrybear]

Beg, borrow or buy a selection of pellets, stick to diabolo (round heads) like H&N ftt, AA field, Accupell, RWS super field.
Pellet selection sets are usually for sale on the bay of e .

In all likelihood one of them will group well, if no joy with any of them I'd take it back as not fit for purpose.

[piggy589]

Beg, borrow or buy a selection of pellets, stick to diabolo (round heads) like H&N ftt, AA field, Accupell, RWS super field.
Pellet selection sets are usually for sale on the bay of e .

In all likelihood one of them will group well, if no joy with any of them I'd take it back as not fit for purpose.

Sound advice,and indeed, if all else fails invoke the lemon law.

[Portzy]

I have one of these although it's the GRT variant. At first I was reasonably happy with things but then it seemed to go off for some reason, so much so that it got relegated down the pecking order.

After giving it some thought I, like you, removed the riser and fitted the scope directly to the dovetails. Big mistake because I ran out of elevation but then realised that I had heard BSA dovetails are different to the norm and needed specific width mounts. New BSA dedicated mounts obtained and things were looking better.

All along it seemed that most pellets were a rather tight fit so after much testing I settled on JSB 5.50.

It now groups at 1/2" @ 25yds on a good day and 5/8" on a not so good day, both are enough for me and its intended useage and I dare bet that a better shot could improve on that, or at least have better consistency.

[robs5230]

Pretty sure V-mach don't offer parts made for the spanish made ones.

Barrels can be an issue and can suffer tight spots along the length that can really affect accuracy.

My advice would be if you're not happy , take it back.

[rabbitwrecker]

I hate to say it, Lee - but I'm not in the least bit surprised. There are far better Chinese rifles out there at half the price of a Lightning...

[oliver13]

Definitely check the barrel for sign of a choke in the middle, mine is an older XL model which had this problem, it now has a Mercury barrel on & was instantly transformed so it groups sub inch at 20M, & is now a Supersport. Push a pellet through with a cleaning rod, it shouldn't tighten up until the last inch or so. I'm using RWS SuperH Points nowadays on rats, but usually at 10M or less.

[Jenny Dipple]

I was on J Knibbs site today they are sell barrels for BSA's at £45 they look like rejects, sight fixing screws are under the barrel or the brazing was done wrong!!