Happiness is a BSA Supersport.

[TonyL]

I'll give you a clue......it begins with a 'C'

Actually I've just realised that I can make a Challenger carbine with the proper barrel and serial number

Pete

Sorted!

Maybe scope for a slight de-tune also, Pete.

[look no hands]

Sorted!

Maybe scope for a slight de-tune also, Pete.

Now then me old mate Tone, prey do tell, why would I want to de-tune it?

Yours confusingly.

Pete

[TonyL]

Well, unless I've guessed wrong, Pete, you'd be switching it with the .177 barrel?

So, if the power output was already healthy with the tiddler bore, switching to the more efficient .22 would raise muzzle energy too high, creating the need to de-tune and bringing with it the benefits of lower cocking effort and a sweeter firing cycle.

[Binners]

Well at least one Suoersport will be at KP tommo

[look no hands]

Well at least one Suoersport will be at KP tommo

Who's might that be?

Pete

[Binners]

Who's might that be?

Pete

ah just some old fat bloke

[look no hands]

Well, unless I've guessed wrong, Pete, you'd be switching it with the .177 barrel?

So, if the power output was already healthy with the tiddler bore, switching to the more efficient .22 would raise muzzle energy too high, creating the need to de-tune and bringing with it the benefits of lower cocking effort and a sweeter firing cycle.

Sorry for any confusion Tone, I have a few Challenger/Mercury S based rifles, I've had so many over the years and have bought other stocks and parts and have made hybrids, I've also got a couple of untouched Challengers/Merc S's, I've just realised I need to change my rifle list below as my .177 hybrid now has a Merc S stock on it not the Challenger stock it once had and the .177 barrel is a Lightning barrel, so a right old mix of parts.

I think I need to take stock of what rifles I have and how they've evolved over the years.

Pete

[TonyL]

Sorry for any confusion Tone, I have a few Challenger/Mercury S based rifles, I've had so many over the years and have bought other stocks and parts and have made hybrids, I've also got a couple of untouched Challengers/Merc S's, I've just realised I need to change my rifle list below as my .177 hybrid now has a Merc S stock on it not the Challenger stock it once had and the .177 barrel is a Lightning barrel, so a right old mix of parts.

I think I need to take stock of what rifles I have and how they've evolved over the years.

Pete

Yep, it's all too easy to think that you'll remember all the guns and bits you have and details of what you've done to them rather than writing it down.......only to forget!

[look no hands]

Yep, it's all too easy to think that you'll remember all the guns and bits you have and details of what you've done to them rather than writing it down.......only to forget!

I've just found out that the two Merc S's I thought I had, are in fact, only one and the other one has been cannibalised (it wasn't in the best of condition anyway) and is now a 'bitsa' and some of it is on another rifle (I must do all this changing of parts about in my sleep, as I don't always remember doing it), my .177 Merc is a 'custom' one I made a few years ago, I love the look of the standard Merc but the Challenger with the maxigrip rail and the heightened trigger block looks awful, the graceful lines where lost when they decided to do that, it still looks pretty but not beautiful like the Merc does BUT I love the look and handling of the Challenger stock, so a hybrid was made and it looked stunning but then I was seduced by a Walnut Merc S stock and so it became a Merc again, if only they did the Challenger style stock in Walnut, then life would be perfect, I have thought that I will one day get someone to make me a Walnut Challenger style stock but I have other things to spend my money on at the moment.

This was the hybrid before the S stock was put on.



I really need to take some photo's of my collection but a little bit more swapping about needs doing first.

Pete

[TonyL]

Lovely, Pete.

As you say, maybe the trigger block standing proud isn't quite perfection, but still a most graceful and purposeful looking companion.

It would be great to see you and some of your BSAs at The Bash one day.