BSA Ultra MMC Review

[secretagentmole]

What a load of rubbish you speak on the ultra , I have said before to you that is your opinion
I had one and loved it ,wish i never sold it and with hw mod it was as quiet as most PCP guns . The hammer might have a been a bit on the noisy side
Never had the pellet probe break ,even after 10,000 + pellets through it and to say pulling you off aim is rubbish !!

They were known for breaking the probe release and the pellet probe itself. MMC does pull you off aim, most of them came out of the factory equipped with the slightly weaker Bullworker springs. They were loud, they are a very short carbine and compared to other carbines were noticeably louder.

They were however accurate, note I did not say anything about accuracy. I had one, for three weeks. The MMC was a pain in the backside after the smooth operation of the sidelever of an S10 and was more akin to batting a plane into land on an aircraft carrier than it was to air rifle shooting. The only positive advantage was that it did allow the rifle to be decocked easily, problem was you then had to remember you had one up the spout. But to be truthful even with a couple up the breech it could still shove them out of the barrel!

You have your opinion, I have mine, mine was not the experience either you or catatonia had with the thing. Great gun, crap cocking mechanism!

Still does not address the point that he does not seem to know the difference between a side lever and a rear bolt though!

[scoie]

i had the mmc ultra and loved it , i still have a hornet , custom stock , carbine barrel with a standard air cylinder but JB fettled i believe and find it superb . All horses for courses though , recently sold a r10 air tech tuned and hand on heart i did that because the hornet is good enough for me , i only hunt so don't need a huge shot count , still getting 80+ with the hornet though and its soooo accurate
rgds
craig

[riku]

You are supposed to use your thumb to prevent the probe from colliding to the catch. If you just let it bang against the catch things may break up over thousands of shots. The concept is great for hunting guns, you can leave the pellet in the barrel and cock / decock the hammer making the gun safe to carry in the woods etc. It's also much more silent to cock than a bolt action. The only downside to me is the front cocking knob which is PITA when shooting from bench, one of those side cocking conversions will fix that.

[Lloyd57]

The Ultra SE is a brilliant little gun as accurate as anything on the market and I am speaking from experience,

[Lucky Luciano]

I agree on Ultra Se, only issue I have had was an occasional magazine jam.

[rogb]

You are supposed to use your thumb to prevent the probe from colliding to the catch. If you just let it bang against the catch things may break up over thousands of shots. The concept is great for hunting guns, you can leave the pellet in the barrel and cock / decock the hammer making the gun safe to carry in the woods etc. It's also much more silent to cock than a bolt action. The only downside to me is the front cocking knob which is PITA when shooting from bench, one of those side cocking conversions will fix that.

Off topic ( I like the Ultra and Hornet BTW, I had a lovely .22 JB Hornet), I'm going to be in Helsinki for some time this summer, it would be great to come up to Tampere one day and see some of these big calibre airguns. I've tried an FAC HW80 at 25 ft/lbs, I suspect that this is another ball game altogether
Do you think that would be possible sometime during June?

[riku]

Off topic ( I like the Ultra and Hornet BTW, I had a lovely .22 JB Hornet), I'm going to be in Helsinki for some time this summer, it would be great to come up to Tampere one day and see some of these big calibre airguns. I've tried an FAC HW80 at 25 ft/lbs, I suspect that this is another ball game altogether
Do you think that would be possible sometime during June?

It is indeed a completely different thing to shoot some serious bigbores We have comps at Iittala range if you want to join us, 17.6 is 100M airgun BR, 15.7 100M bigbore silhouette comp and 26.8 200M airgun BR if any of those fits your schedule. 100M BR is a mix of small bores and bigbores usually, I'm yet undecided whether I'll use my .25 or .357 for that.

[rogb]

It is indeed a completely different thing to shoot some serious bigbores We have comps at Iittala range if you want to join us, 17.6 is 100M airgun BR, 15.7 100M bigbore silhouette comp and 26.8 200M airgun BR if any of those fits your schedule. 100M BR is a mix of small bores and bigbores usually, I'm yet undecided whether I'll use my .25 or .357 for that.

If you can give me a link to your comp schedules, I will definitely try to come along and see these big-bores in action, thanks!
Near Hämeenlinna , right?

[riku]

If you can give me a link to your comp schedules, I will definitely try to come along and see these big-bores in action, thanks!
Near Hämeenlinna , right?

Yes, a bit north of Hämeenlinna. http://www.sihry.fi/ I bet someone will borrow you a gun if you want to take part in the competition

[where's it gone]

If you can give me a link to your comp schedules, I will definitely try to come along and see these big-bores in action, thanks!
Near Hämeenlinna , right?

Sounds great. Don't forget plenty of pictures !

[where's it gone]

i had the mmc ultra and loved it ...

This rifle is still in my cabinet Craig. Great little gun.

[MartynB]

sidelever of an S10

You mean a side bolt ? S10 doesn't have a sidelever