just got a mk1 bsa meteor (i think)

[astraman1]

well got some pellets today the first one fell out the end of the barrel

picked it up it was covered in grease cracked barrel open there was a chunk of grease in the barrel so blew it out and put pellet in again and shot a scaffold plank there not penetrating to there own depth so dont think its running to powerful.

took the stock off and there is grease everywhere even inside the stock so ive cleaned the bits on the outside and put it back together for now it can wait till ive been away

might have to hit it with abit of wire wool and oil

will have to get some pics put up when i charge the camera batteries

at the minute its firing about 1 inch to the right hand side how do you adjust side to side on the mk1 do you have to hit the whole rear sight over or something can see how to adjust for up and down

[DCL_dave]

well got some pellets today the first one fell out the end of the barrel

picked it up it was covered in grease cracked barrel open there was a chunk of grease in the barrel so blew it out and put pellet in again and shot a scaffold plank there not penetrating to there own depth so dont think its running to powerful.

took the stock off and there is grease everywhere even inside the stock so ive cleaned the bits on the outside and put it back together for now it can wait till ive been away

might have to hit it with abit of wire wool and oil

will have to get some pics put up when i charge the camera batteries

at the minute its firing about 1 inch to the right hand side how do you adjust side to side on the mk1 do you have to hit the whole rear sight over or something can see how to adjust for up and down

Yep, drift it over in the dovetail...using light taps!

[Airsporterman]

No expert but didn't the mk1s have the metal cap on the end of the air cylinder whereas all the later Mks were plastic?
May be wrong.
Very under rated the meteor, the first rifle my Wife bought was a meteor and it came with a peep sight - accurate little blighter - put a lot more expensive rifles to shame!
(she 'progressed' to Webleys. )
ASM

[astraman1]

Hi,

I've got a MK1 Meteor in my spares bin with most parts (except the barrel) available if you do need out?...

cheers will keep that in mind once its stripped

Yep, drift it over in the dovetail...using light taps!

does it come off both ways or is it just one way it comes off

No expert but didn't the mk1s have the metal cap on the end of the air cylinder whereas all the later Mks were plastic?
May be wrong.
Very under rated the meteor, the first rifle my Wife bought was a meteor and it came with a peep sight - accurate little blighter - put a lot more expensive rifles to shame!
(she 'progressed' to Webleys. )
ASM

from what i know the rear sight is very distinctive it has horizontal lines down the stock and the metal end cap plus i learned from the serial number

[DCL_dave]

cheers will keep that in mind once its stripped

does it come off both ways or is it just one way it comes off

from what i know the rear sight is very distinctive it has horizontal lines down the stock and the metal end cap plus i learned from the serial number

The dovetails slots are parallel so the rearsight should drift left or right as needed.

[astraman1]

well finaly got a bit of time to strip this rifle down

made a tool to take the spring tension away to get the pin out out of a bit of broom handle

must say i am pleasantly suprised everything is all there and its in good nick only problem i had was everything has been caked in grease it was every where over every internal componant all over the spring and spring guide even in it too.

and all over the piston and the piston head so much so that it has compacted in the end of the cylinder and im guessing as its been fired its burnt the grease and compacted it down hence the little bits of gunk its been blowing out of the port hole

so spent a couple of hours wiping everything down and then i put it away

now on to the questions im no expert but i dont think there should have been that much grease in there

im considering polishing all the internals abit but what grease should i reapply and to what bits specifically i have to hand normal (mechanics grease) or (molycote grease iirc) if any of these will do the job id prefer to use these to keep cost down but if its not gonna work ill have to dig into the pocket

[astraman1]