BSA lightning xl se GRT any good?!!!

[flyingfish]

£240 is very close to the 2nd hand price of top quality kit. I only paid a few quid more for my TX and my HW98. I love BSA but the lightning cannot compete with those 2

Pete

[lensman57]

£240 is very close to the 2nd hand price of top quality kit. I only paid a few quid more for my TX and my HW98. I love BSA but the lightning cannot compete with those 2

Pete

An HW 98 recently went for the same price. A decent TX 200 HC wit Beech stock will probably fetch about £250.00 and a brand new HW 95 is not far off the mark either. The scope is another matter.

A.G

[bighit]

and dont forget that the gas ram is not adjustable like the ones used in theoben Fenmans , evolutions or the hw90..

the bsa one is a sealed unit. if it goes over 12flbs then your going to have to trim the end off the ram and not let a little air out like the theoben or hw90 ones .

yes theoben did retro fit ones too but they are sealed also .

[martin bingham]

for a tenner more you can get a new one sans scope, but scopes come along on here fairly regular,
i put a ram in my sprung gamo se and it has been a real plus,good luck

[massa]

Thanks folks all the direction goes toward HW99 I guess this will my choice beside I am getting a lot of negative opinion regard the new BSA GRT rifle particularly from the trigger system I wish BSA still produced in Birmingham like those old days

[peddy]

Thanks folks all the direction goes toward HW99 I guess this will my choice beside I am getting a lot of negative opinion regard the new BSA GRT rifle particularly from the trigger system I wish BSA still produced in Birmingham like those old days

If you are getting a 99 or 95 prepare to do some home tuning to get them sorted! Not needed to touch my new lightning though its a Springer, very accurate... never tried the gas strut version.

[fulltimer]

with all this talk of BSA's is it not the case that BSA are now manufacturing their own guns back in Birmingham now , this is what I was recently told by a chap working in the local gun shop