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  1. 14-10-2018, 08:48 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by don-ec View Post
    Well I was about to say there were never any open sights on it and no way of fitting any unless there is a fixing underneath the sling swivel thats fitted ..Serial number is GP00606
    Are you sure there's no screw thread on the top of the barrel at the muzzle to fix the front sight, my S carbine has a fixing on the front of the maxigrip rail to fit a Williams style sight, may be yours has been removed but there should be a fixing thread at the muzzle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by look no hands View Post
    Are you sure there's no screw thread on the top of the barrel at the muzzle to fix the front sight, my S carbine has a fixing on the front of the maxigrip rail to fit a Williams style sight, may be yours has been removed but there should be a fixing thread at the muzzle.

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    It's an LPA sight made in Italy 😉👍 they still make them but not in the bsa 1/4" size I know mines missing one
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    Quote Originally Posted by joffy View Post
    It's an LPA sight made in Italy 😉👍 they still make them but not in the bsa 1/4" size I know mines missing one
    Is THIS the beastie you're talking about?

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    Quote Originally Posted by look no hands View Post
    Is THIS the beastie you're talking about?

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    That's for a 0.22 the 0.177 is much lower
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    I will take the sling swivel off and see if any threaded holes there ..It has a weird muzzle break on the muzzle end that will not shift Yet Ill get some pics later
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    My Mk3 S with the beach stock and maxi grip rail does have the metal open sights. I bought it new many moons ago from JSR for £120. A very accurate and powerful airsporter, does well off FTT.
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    Quote Originally Posted by maximus View Post
    My Mk3 S with the beach stock and maxi grip rail does have the metal open sights. I bought it new many moons ago from JSR for £120. A very accurate and powerful airsporter, does well off FTT.
    I bought a mk3 S off of my shooting pal many years ago and sold it on not knowing it was a later S, I just thought it was one of the last tap loaders made before BSA brought in the RB2, that had open sights as well.

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    I wonder how accurate a BSA Airsporter S could be made, if someone threw the entire book of tuning monkey tricks at it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hsing-ee View Post
    I wonder how accurate a BSA Airsporter S could be made, if someone threw the entire book of tuning monkey tricks at it?
    The whole concept of a tap loader is an engineering compromise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hsing-ee View Post
    I wonder how accurate a BSA Airsporter S could be made, if someone threw the entire book of tuning monkey tricks at it?
    Well my carbine S tap loader is pretty accurate and only really has a basic "drop in kit" tune up with the usual spit and polish, I expect it would be even better if tuned properly but it's not bad for a home tune.

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