Bsf - Bavarian Air-rifles

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Jim;

Aside from BSFs your mention of Original 45s earlier in the thread reminded me of the article you wrote about tuning and refurbing your own. Do you still have that rifle?

Adrian

Hi Adrian,

Sadly, no. A friend took a real shine to it and, because I had too many air rifles and the 45 was too much of a looker to risk subjecting it to the rough and tumble hunting I was doing at the time, I sold it to him. It is his pride and joy to this day.

I kept just one .177" (HW77) and one .22" (HW50) and have them both still.

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[QUOTE=BTDT;1473783]Hi Adrian,

Sadly, no. A friend took a real shine to it and, because I had too many air rifles and the 45 was too much of a looker to risk subjecting it to the rough and tumble hunting I was doing at the time, I sold it to him. It is his pride and joy to this day.



Jim

Does he still use H&N Silhouette 9.6 grainers through it though

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Hi Adrian,

Sadly, no. A friend took a real shine to it and, because I had too many air rifles and the 45 was too much of a looker to risk subjecting it to the rough and tumble hunting I was doing at the time, I sold it to him. It is his pride and joy to this day.



Jim

Does he still use H&N Silhouette 9.6 grainers through it though

Ah, the 45 and Silhouettes - what a combination. The Silhouette converted me from being a dyed-in-the-wool .22" user to .177", and all due to Dave Welham recommending I try Silhouette.

I shot that 45 even after it seemed everybody else had switched to the HW77 and believe that, accuracy wise, it was a match. If anything, the 45 seemed to give very good accuracy with a wider ranger of pellets than the 77.

I'm not sure what pellets my friend is using through it now. Whatever pellet he is using must suit the 45 or I'd have heard about it.

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Ah, the 45 and Silhouettes - what a combination. The Silhouette converted me from being a dyed-in-the-wool .22" user to .177", and all due to Dave Welham recommending I try Silhouette.

I shot that 45 even after it seemed everybody else had switched to the HW77 and believe that, accuracy wise, it was a match. If anything, the 45 seemed to give very good accuracy with a wider ranger of pellets than the 77.

I'm not sure what pellets my friend is using through it now. Whatever pellet he is using must suit the 45 or I'd have heard about it.

Jim,

i still use my old RWS 45 more than any other airgun in my collection its a great airgun it has so much charactor' i've had so many good hunting trips with this airgun its untrue' getting back to the BSF thing i've owned them in the past but never really got on with them' for sure they are a fine airgun in all departments but i always shy'ed away from them and went for the glam models of the day' originals/fwb/hw's/bsa etc' i always thought the BSF 55's looked a bit like relum telly break barrels the BSF mod 70 looks nice though and i would buy one if it came available.

dave.

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Jim,

i still use my old RWS 45 more than any other airgun in my collection its a great airgun it has so much charactor' i've had so many good hunting trips with this airgun its untrue' getting back to the BSF thing i've owned them in the past but never really got on with them' for sure they are a fine airgun in all departments but i always shy'ed away from them and went for the glam models of the day' originals/fwb/hw's/bsa etc' i always thought the BSF 55's looked a bit like relum telly break barrels the BSF mod 70 looks nice though and i would buy one if it came available.

dave.

Dave, you're in BIG trouble when BSFNUT reads that

The RWS 45 stock felt much better than the Original, but had the boxy deep fore end that was in vogue in the early 1980s, so I slimmed it down, which made the rifle more comfortable to hold.

Having said which, I had a .20" Original 45, and almost everybody who had a few shots with it went straight out and bought one. I think it was that rifle that I put a tyrolean stock on - now THAT was a top air rifle.

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Jim

i remember the tyrolean original 45' you owned in the early 80's it did look good' but the 45's were a very nice looking airrifle in standard form they looked elegant but mean looking you just knew by looking at them it could get the job done unlike BSF'S which looked like an old bicycle from the 40's i had a .20 original 45 a very nice one but unfortunatley i let it go to IJ i do regret it now because its the last i will see of it as ian won't sell now't as for a custom stocks for the 45's i've been looking for one for years they are very very rare indeed i've only ever seen 2 the tyrolean 1 you had and a sporter stocked 1 in the late 80's.

dave.

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I have e-mailed Macarri about a synthetic piston head for the B55 and got the reply that if the piston was machined like a Diana, one of his seals would fit. Wasn't very clear about how the piston should be machined. Here is the message

Dear sir,
Sorry we do not make any. If you turn the piston head down like a
Diana,
then you can fit an Apex small.



Thank You!
Karen Hughes- Sales
ARH
www.airrifleheadquarters.com

Anyone know how you turn down the piston head?