The New BSA 'Defiant' Air Pistol ...

[bullbarrel]

I'm not a bullpup fan but I had a go of the new BSA offering.

It shouldered nicely, balanced well, the scope height was spot on and the trigger was nice, if not stunning. I liked the biathlon style action and it would be quick to take a follow up shot. Could potentially be quick enough for rapid fire LSR (5 shots, 10 seconds).

I won't buy one, but I thought it was a contender against the Daystate equivalent whose name I can't remember but the BSA is almost 1/2 the price.

And it gave me the biggest laugh when I kept looking for a pistol on the stand when I first arrived and saw it was a bullpup.

The story I heard is the writer of Peaky Blinders is a BSA air rifle fan. The factory is in the same part of birmingham as the place is set. There is also a tie in with a company selling a peaky blinders fashion line and they saw the show as a good place to launch both.

I was still hoping for a Lewis Gun lookalike

[Gareth W-B]

I'm not a bullpup fan but I had a go of the new BSA offering.

It shouldered nicely, balanced well, the scope height was spot on and the trigger was nice, if not stunning. I liked the biathlon style action and it would be quick to take a follow up shot. Could potentially be quick enough for rapid fire LSR (5 shots, 10 seconds).

I won't buy one, but I thought it was a contender against the Daystate equivalent whose name I can't remember but the BSA is almost 1/2 the price.

And it gave me the biggest laugh when I kept looking for a pistol on the stand when I first arrived and saw it was a bullpup.

The story I heard is the writer of Peaky Blinders is a BSA air rifle fan. The factory is in the same part of birmingham as the place is set. There is also a tie in with a company selling a peaky blinders fashion line and they saw the show as a good place to launch both.

I was still hoping for a Lewis Gun lookalike

Yep, as bull-pups go I dare say it is most excellent but that is one heck of an embarrassingly flimsy and tenuous link to 'Peaky Blinders' for a company as revered as BSA to cling to ... No wonder the people (us) with spendable pennies in our pockets thought that the Defiant would be an interesting retro pistol? Perhaps the Gamo rott has penetrated a tad too far? So maybe BSA are now just the British base for Barcelona Small Arms, after all ???

Btw Andy, I'm with you, as a Lewis look-a-like along the same lines as th old inter-war years BSA trainer certainly would be a must have, no? I remember Eddie Barber had one in his shop window just down the road from me, for a while, before he trustingly loaned it to someone who dumped on him -- and AIRGUNAID -- from a great height and kept it (filthy scum) !!!

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[gingernut]

I never thought it would be a pistol

[Jonjon79]

It shouldered nicely, balanced well, the scope height was spot on and the trigger was nice, if not stunning. I liked the biathlon style action and it would be quick to take a follow up shot. Could potentially be quick enough for rapid fire LSR (5 shots, 10 seconds).

I won't buy one, but I thought it was a contender against the Daystate equivalent whose name I can't remember but the BSA is almost 1/2 the price.

That sounds encouraging

When I first saw the location of the cocking lever I thought 'Ah, they've been listening to airgun shooters'.

I do hope this pup proves to be a good 'un.