Airsporter S carbine finally finished.

[look no hands]

Hi all,

I've finally managed to finish my Airsporter S carbine, I've been after a special Airsporter for years and although I still want a Stutzen for my collection I wanted something a little different, I saw an advert on Gun trader for a carbine and decided to go and view it, when I was handed the rifle, it was in a sorry state as the bluing was rust pitted and the lacquer on the stock was worn which hid the superb grain pattern that lurked underneath, I didn't realise the stock was walnut when I saw it on the advert and then when I saw it had a 17mm barrel, it then struck me I had an S in my hands and a carbine S at that, I couldn't get out of the guys house quick enough before he knew he had something a bit more than just a carbine.

Anyway a few months later and the rifle is now finished, the stock has been stripped and oiled and the metalwork has been reblacked by Paul Chell to an excellent standard, the internals have had a a little fettle, the piston is highly polished with the O ring head and buffer washer still being used (although new parts) the spring is a Titan with a Tinbum Delrin guide and a Delrin top hat from elsewhere, the gun is doing 11.2 with .22 Defiant Vintage pellets, to say I'm chuffed is an understatement.













As you can see the stock has a rather nice grained walnut stock.

Cheers

Pete

[benchstop]

Very nice indeed. Great to see a decent piece of walnut on a bsa springer rather than the ubiquitous slab of beech. You must be like a dog with two tails .

Rgds Mike

[Muskett]

You have a lovely rifle there. Like what you did with the badge. Excellent.

[tackdriver]

Very smart rifle you've got there.

[Gamocfx]

What a beautiful rifle! Well done finding and restoring this.

[wild dogman]

That is every bit as nice looking as air arms prosport which are know for being the best looking springer

[barts101]

Very nice grain, spot on.

Dave

[Garvin]

That's a lovely chunk of walnut! Probably the best I've ever seen on an Airsporter.

[look no hands]

Thanks guys, I am very surprised with the quality of the walnut, the old lacquer was so dull you couldn't see the grain very well, you should have seen the childish grin on my face when I saw the grain pattern after the first coat of oil went on.

Pete

[Airsporterman]

Thats a lovely job there Pete, as you know, I am lucky to have one of these I bought brand new in 1985/6.
They are a lovely rifle, I would never part with mine, probably even rarer than the Centenary although I doubt anyone has any accurate production figures for the Carbine 'S' Deluxe! I have only seen 3 and yours and mine are 2 of those!
Splendid job - you must be very proud of your efforts - well done!

atb

ASM

[fatttmannn]

now that is something special,

[Airsporterman]

Certainly a nice bit of walnut on that one, probably better than my own example for figuring/graining, however, mine had an oiled finish from new, so perhaps the finish on yours had been 'messed' with by a previous owner after leaving the factory Pete?

ASM

[look no hands]

Certainly a nice bit of walnut on that one, probably better than my own example for figuring/graining, however, mine had an oiled finish from new, so perhaps the finish on yours had been 'messed' with by a previous owner after leaving the factory Pete?

ASM

Who knows Col, the lacquer which was on it had gone hazy and was almost white and hid so much of the grain pattern, it wasn't until I stripped it all off and then dampened it down to rub the raised grain that I saw how nice it was going to be, the first coat of oil brought a grin to my face, the photo's really don't do the stock justice, for some reason it's also best to look at it in the shade as the light seems to reflect off the wood and you can't see so much of the grain, it seems to be multidimensional with Tiger striping and then dark graining in another light, I really have been lucky with this piece of Walnut, I did buy on a whim a project Airsporter S a few years ago off of here (I was drunk one Saturday night and just saw the Walnut stock) which also had a pretty nice Walnut stock but it was an earlier "tuning fork" style S and the stock was broken at the front, that also would have needed a reblue and at the time I didn't really have the funds to get it sorted, I swapped it in the end.

Pete

[derekj]

That is just superb Pete, and a wonderful reward for your endeavours. Needless to say a keeper Atb. Derek