A picture would help!
Regards, Bart
Last weekend I bought a BSA .22 air rifle from a car boot sale for £25. The Serial No. is DS 37653 it looks like a Supersport but I can't find the DS prefix on any lists of identification numbers. Can anyone help to confirm it is a Supersport.
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Last edited by elanmac; 11-05-2010 at 12:13 PM. Reason: add photo
A picture would help!
Regards, Bart
on every action comes a reaction
That's an Lightning (a Supersport with Maxigrip scoperail), with an after-market moderator.
A real bargain you got there.
Regards, Bart
on every action comes a reaction
Thanks Bart.
Its a shame but I have an empty box for a Supersport so I will have to keep looking to see if I can find another.
Elanmac
bargain there mate! is it shooting alright?
nice one ! i love it when you find a bargain !
cant say iv found one in a while though
cheers
jack
I don't think it's a Lightning. It's a Supersport Carbine. The DS prefix denotes .22 Supersport. I think the Carbine had the Maxigrip rail as standard, and was fitted with the silencer adapter/muzzle weight (yours has a silencer screwed into it). You could also fit open sights (it would have come with them fitted as standard).
The Lightning, I think, had no facility for open sights and had a permanently fitted silencer.
The Supersport custom came with maxi grip but they where only on MK1 supersports and had a different stock.
But that could have been changed.
Yours looks like a MK2 but cant be sure from the picture.
Master Debater
Thanks everyone for your replies. It looks like it is a Supersport carbine.
It has not got an adjustable breech screw but it has holes for fixed sights.
Elanmac
I'm not sure on the model but I reckon that's proper booty booty... bargain!
Nice find,
I sold my ol' BSA Goldstar dirt cheap at a booty a few years back, regretted it ever since.
lucky so n so! i never come across bargains like that! nice buy mate
John Nibbs in the golden Century says DS=Supersport .22 1986 on.
I will have to start going to boot sales.
Peter