BSA Spitfire pros/cons.

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my mate makes his seals out of delrin not ptfe and they work fine both sealing wise and mine seems consistant when shot other the chrono

[grieva]

my mate makes his seals out of delrin not ptfe and they work fine both sealing wise and mine seems consistant when shot other the chrono

Delrin worked for me also.

[Dan944]

Nice buy mate! 👍

I have a mint spitfire with a gourgoeus stock and have recently had it serviced and blueprinted but Jon bowkett. It is a tack driver and for some reason I can shoot so accurately with it stranded unsupported at 45 yards that it still baffles me ? It’s just so steady on aim that I can only put it down to the barrel is quite long and with the Silencer must just bance my wobble perfectly.

It’s a delight to use and I’m very glad I bought it, definately a speacial rifle and if you think about it it’s a true one off piece of gineus which you are lucky to own if you do....I sure am😊

Enjoy
Atb
Daniel

[xmdx13x]

I've got a Firebird in .22 and I have a hard time missing with it. It's much easier to take out in the field then my S-10 or Rapid. Its had a slow leak for about 5 years and takes about 2 months to empty. I've been pretty consistent now with dry firing it. I also bought a non working Spitfire for $60 I'd like to get fixed but no one in the US works on them. I ended up taking the barrel off and putting it on my Lightning and it's now more accurate then the original barrel, not sure if they hand selected the Spitfire and Firebird barrels but both are take drivers. One thing I really like is the Antibounce device on them, it cuts down on the report and I dont use a LDC. If it holds air and the price is reasonable you'll get a very accurte and consistent airgun.

[greenwayjames]

I've got a Firebird in .22 and I have a hard time missing with it. It's much easier to take out in the field then my S-10 or Rapid. Its had a slow leak for about 5 years and takes about 2 months to empty. I've been pretty consistent now with dry firing it. I also bought a non working Spitfire for $60 I'd like to get fixed but no one in the US works on them. I ended up taking the barrel off and putting it on my Lightning and it's now more accurate then the original barrel, not sure if they hand selected the Spitfire and Firebird barrels but both are take drivers. One thing I really like is the Antibounce device on them, it cuts down on the report and I dont use a LDC. If it holds air and the price is reasonable you'll get a very accurte and consistent airgun.

Bowket told me that he advised BSA to use the same rifling specs that were used on the SuperTen range for both the Spitfire and Firebird. The barrels are to pcp specs and choked unlike the springers. The service he does on them includes upgrading internal parts to cure all leaks, better barrel lock up and trigger.

[greenwayjames]

I checked with Bowket over the .177"specs. I prefer .22" for Spitfire The HF calibre in your preferred .177" with 15" barrel will give 50 shots from its 50cc reservoir. Only about 30 with the shorter 10" barrel.

[greenwayjames]

Delrin worked for me also.

I dont think Benelli is talking about the delrin exhaust valve causing low shots if the rifles left for a while.