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    Unusual BSA Scorpion pistol

    Can anyone shed some light on a Scorpion pistol with wire stock
    I think possibly a few were made as film props ?
    There are no markings at all,no makers name.

    I can provide pics,but cannot do so on this thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smoothbore View Post
    Can anyone shed some light on a Scorpion pistol with wire stock
    I think possibly a few were made as film props ?
    There are no markings at all,no makers name.

    I can provide pics,but cannot do so on this thread.
    If it’s the one I’m thinking of, the stocks were offered as an aftermarket accessory in the 1980s.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    If it’s the one I’m thinking of, the stocks were offered as an aftermarket accessory in the 1980s.
    Yep remember them being for sale, made one for my Scorpion, fixed by the rear fixing and grip bolts along the same lines.

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    https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2014...-for-accuracy/

    The ones I remember were like the one in the second picture down on this link.

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    Bsa

    No, not that type,both ends of rod go into end plug of cylinder.

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    Is the wire stock anything like this:




    I don't know who made this particular one, but I do know another was made by Sportsmatch for a short while.

    This photograph was supplied by a now deceased BBS member.

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    Thats the one!
    No BSA name on it.
    Trying to get the end cap out to service it, ....Stuck !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troubledshooter View Post
    Is the wire stock anything like this:




    I don't know who made this particular one, but I do know another was made by Sportsmatch for a short while.

    This photograph was supplied by a now deceased BBS member.
    Interesting. The sights on those are weird.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smoothbore View Post
    Thats the one!
    No BSA name on it.
    Trying to get the end cap out to service it, ....Stuck !
    Sorry, not having ever handled one of those, I can't help, but as the rear sight is different to normal, I suspect the original sight base fixing points might have been used to secure the top rod.

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    Bsa

    Its really stuck fast, rear sights on mine are normal mk6.
    I cannot budge the end cap with wire stock,no movement at all,doesnt look welded. ??

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    scorpion pistol

    Hi I also have one of these scorpions with the stock,when I asked the learned members I was told that it may have been an aprentice piece apparently when the lads were allowed to pick a gun when they came out of th
    eir time No idea were the stocks were made or by whom No doubt it will all come out in the fullness of time.Lots of luck RON

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    scorpion pistol

    Hi I also have one of these scorpions with the stock,when I asked the learned members I was told that it may have been an aprentice piece apparently when the lads were allowed to pick a gun when they came out of th
    eir time No idea were the stocks were made or by whom,but it appears by the pictures that all the stocks appear to have been made in the same style, likely by the same people. No doubt it will all come out in the fullness of time.Lots of luck RON

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