BSA Scorpion Pistol

[stevegv8]

I was just looking at the Knibbs serial number list and it only shows the Scorpion pistol as RA & RB
Interestingly though in brackets for RA it says recalled.
Assuming that meant they withdrew that version for whatever reason. If so I wonder how many might have "got loose" ?
My RA example has fair metal work but not so good plastic.

[Shed tuner]

Great guns. I have three now, all in fairly good condition, and a buccaneer. The hammer trigger makse it quite nice for a powerful springer pistol, as there is no direct load on the trigger sear.
I bought on with a broken stock from Kempton for the princely sum of £15 - it was very, very rough, but I was buying it for the complete trigger unit, which I felt was a bargain.
The remains of the stock went in the bin as soon as I got home

[Troubledshooter]

I was just looking at the Knibbs serial number list and it only shows the Scorpion pistol as RA & RB
Interestingly though in brackets for RA it says recalled.
Assuming that meant they withdrew that version for whatever reason. If so I wonder how many might have "got loose" ?
My RA example has fair metal work but not so good plastic.

The early Mk.1 .22 was temporarily withheld from issue and recalled from retailers when it was realized the power could be over the legal limit, but obviously quite a few had already been sold and some were never returned. I bought a brand new .22 Scorpion in 1973, and mine was certainly never returned, as, at the time I knew nothing about the recall
The .22 model was then re-issued with a different piston to bring the power within the legal limit, hence the variation in the .22 serial number prefix.
The first prefixes from 1973 were .177 PA & .22 RA, with the later modified .22 prefixed with RB
I do have a later Scorpion issue 6 parts list with the letters PB indicated, but I suspect this was a typo as other issue 6 lists have the prefix RB indicated, and I have never seen a .22 Scorpion with the prefix PB.

[Akirasan]

Safety did not work work correctly on my 2nd pistol and found broken part in the trigger.

anyone got a spare complete trigger??

[Shed tuner]

Safety did not work work correctly on my 2nd pistol and found broken part in the trigger.

anyone got a spare complete trigger??

What part is broken ? normally they only break when something else has gone wrong...

[Troubledshooter]

Hammer

[Shed tuner]

Hammer

yeah, exactly... but that normally happens when the intermediate sear has become trapped under the main sear, and the hammer "prong" has been pushed back but can't rotate... sp just snaps off

[Akirasan]

Yes hammer is broken.

The pistol had a hard life I could see that when I bought it last week.
It did not fit in the grip correctly and safety felt loose/vague.

I have spare grips and it fitted straight in but trigger was intermittent so obviously something wrong.

Do not fancy stripping the trigger anyone nearish to Leicester that could help????

[Akirasan]

ok so took the assembly apart.

god knows where the end of the hammer has gone.

If anyone could send me a pic or actual size i am sure i could make it out of stainless and poss a quantity
i know someone that has a firm that makes metal stuff.

as i do not have the end bit i cant make one

[lodmoor]

I do not think that the info ref these guns is accurate - I bought a MKII that according to records was from a time machine - five years ish before they were made ((I just wish I could find the bill, I know I have it but . . . ?

Have repaired/renovated a few (got one nickel plated - could be mine).

Still got my original (MKII with scope) plus a MKI I bought later. Read lots, looked into books, all confusion.

[Troubledshooter]

Here are photographs of the Hammer:

The length of the Hammer Arm is 19.75mm from the sharp angle on the main body to the tip.

The overall length from tip to tip is 43.60mm

[Akirasan]

Great thanks

I will print them off and take them with whats left of mine to my engineer mate.

still no idea where the bit that broke of has gone