BSA Ultra MMC Review

[LancsDennis]

New one on me unless you are calling me a runaway slave using the verb, as this is the only one that has any context.
Anyway I am not going to argue with you anymore on the forum or on the video comments, you have made your point as anyone is entitled to do.

colour
Something that is maroon is dark reddish-purple in colour.
...maroon velvet curtains.
2. verb
If someone is marooned somewhere, they are left in a place that is difficult for them to escape from.
Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.
...after years of being marooned on a desert island.
Synonyms: abandon, leave, desert, strand More Synonyms of maroon
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Word Frequency



maroon1 (məˈruːn )
verb (transitive)
1.
to leave ashore and abandon, esp on an island
2.
to isolate without resources
noun
3.
a descendant of a group of runaway slaves living in the remoter areas of the Caribbean or Guyana
4. US and Canadian informal
a person who has been marooned, esp on an island

Noun. maroon (plural maroons) (slang, derogatory) An idiot; a fool. quotations ▼ Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot.

[zooma]

Nice well presented online review Steve.

We don't get enough airgun reviews on the BBS.

I regret selling my .177 ULTRA SE - it was a super little rifle, very accurate and easy to carry and aim - although mine was only the single shot version, I did enjoy shooting with it.

Keep up the good work - I will be watching your review of the ULRA SE next.

Bob.

[brian747]

lol, Mr angry here and do you really think I actually meant I would shoot myself with a magazine or pellets loaded the wrong way around Haha, it was a light hearted joke

Some , including me, like the MMC system and I found it a joy and easy to use. Each to their own and why we have hundreds of rifles to chose from.
Going off aim with the MMC, well for me I would go off aim much more with a cocking bolt or lever and hence why I like the MMC system. It is a pain for bench shooting, but that is not what it is designed for.
The joys of doing a video semi unscripted, is that sometimes I make mistakes. I didn't realize I said side lever when I meant cocking lever. Thanks for pointing this out as overs have done.
Never allow the pellet probe to spring back on its own power with the Ultra MMC as it will eventually damage it. Use your thumb to ease it back as I showed in the video and there are no issues.
There are hundreds of owners who have had many problems with the BSA magazines and hence why they were re-designed and replaced by BSA to owners for new ones or are all these owners and BSA wrong ?
If you are going to insult someone, at least spell moron correctly

Thanks for your thought provoking comments

Very well said Steve, our Mr Mole does get carried away now and then
atb brian

[catanonia]

Very well said Steve, our Mr Mole does get carried away now and then
atb brian

Yeah noticed he has dug a hole and is trying to dig sideways to get out.

The joys of the internet

[LancsDennis]

I think you'll find he meant maroon! An excessively loud noise designed to draw attention to itself! He makes a valid point. It went right over your heads.

[junglie]

The MMC was an abomination against shooting. Both the Hornet and the Ultra were crippled by it. The pieces were made of cheap alloy that snapped (bolt release lever and pellet probe both prone to snapping).

MMC was a lie, at least 3 quarters of an inch travel to cock the damned thing.
It is loud, even with a good silencer it is loud!
Also the shot count is poor.

The SE is not a side cocking lever either (time 1:12), it is a rear bolt! If you put the magazine in the wrong way up, you cannot load the gun, you cannot load it the wrong way round and you cannot shoot yourself having loaded it the wrong way round!

The MMC is known for pulling you off of aim when you use it as it is usually a lot stiffer than that one you had in the film!

Old style magazines were no problem to load. Only to the incompetent!

What maroon is going to pay £450 for that when for £490 you can have this? http://www.pellpax.co.uk/airguns/air...-pack-22/17813 Everything you need!

I'm not a fan of ultra;s but the hornet is a great gun & where are these wonderful repeaters that you can load the mag the wrong way round or put the mag in upside down & they work fine? The loading bolt & that of the innova I might add could break but the simple remedy of cushioning it with your thumb as you release it like the innova makes it's operation silent & completely prevents any breakage. You must be having a man period today moley old chap .

[PCPShooter]

I like my MMC Hornet and Ultra - the mmc is a bit 'clicky' but then so is the cocking stroke on the pull back on the BSA's bolts
Still my favourite pcp's though ......mainly the bloody thick floating barrel well planted into action, and cross fitting of parts ease / ease of spares etc

[SpodGun]

The MMC was an abomination against shooting. Both the Hornet and the Ultra were crippled by it. The pieces were made of cheap alloy that snapped (bolt release lever and pellet probe both prone to snapping).

MMC was a lie, at least 3 quarters of an inch travel to cock the damned thing.
It is loud, even with a good silencer it is loud!
Also the shot count is poor.

The SE is not a side cocking lever either (time 1:12), it is a rear bolt! If you put the magazine in the wrong way up, you cannot load the gun, you cannot load it the wrong way round and you cannot shoot yourself having loaded it the wrong way round!

The MMC is known for pulling you off of aim when you use it as it is usually a lot stiffer than that one you had in the film!

Old style magazines were no problem to load. Only to the incompetent!

What maroon is going to pay £450 for that when for £490 you can have this? http://www.pellpax.co.uk/airguns/air...-pack-22/17813 Everything you need!

6 year's later and this is still bollocks. MMC are amazing

[Shooter22UK]

I had an MMC, and SE and a CLX, MMC was OK but as bought new it had a banana shaped barrel , laid flat on a bench their was a good 1mm gap at the center point with both ends were flat on the surface. Pleasant but not great to shoot, it had a habit of ingesting pellets into the trigger group. Replaced eventually with an SE.

The SE was nice, accurate and got tweaked by a guy from Derby who regulated it for me, But for such a short gun it was very accurate, I disliked the weight as arthritis was starting to be an issue, it too ingest pellets into the trigger group. Sold it.

Final bought CLX VERY disappointing, over 600 quid, it was understood that the old habit of the gun ingesting pellets into the trigger group had been cured. IT HAD NOT. And this problem is made worse by the new MONOBLOCK breech. If if swallows a pellet into the trigger and it wont shake out the gun has to go back to BSA for repair. Mine did exactly that,(40 mile round trip to RFD) the RFD said BSA was taking up to 12 weeks to fix and return the gun (it took 7 weeks.) My RFD told me it was the 3rd or 4th CLX that went back with the same problem.

Then it turns out if the barrel is removed it has to go back to BSA to be refitted as some "port" has to be realigned and bonded into place. So when my CLX came back from BSA after having the pellet removed, I went and collected it from the RFD (Another 40 mile round trip) Gets home, goes to range, Multiple expletive deleteds, The effing magazine wont go into the breech, BSA had refitted the barrel too far and the breech end was sticking into the magazine chamber. Back to the RFD ( Another 40 mile round trip) . Finally gets it back again. Its working but I just lost all faith in it, sold it within days. Oh and £60 for a magazine FFS. If I never see another BSA it will be too soon, they are verboten along with AA's .

my Artemis PR900s in comparison cost only £189 each and are accurate, reliable, LIGHTER and more fun.

[David926]

Works fine for me. No problems at all so far, except the mythical anti-double load device.

That is down to operator error, anyway, and I can get around it now when it happens...

(Incidentally, I automatically went to Bugs Bunny with the "maroon" thing...)