Doubter!
It was the magnum after all!
Dave
I've just been looking at the Inspection Certificate accompanying my 1995 BSA 240 Magnum air pistol which is stamped as passing for accuracy of 5 shots at 25 yds.
It doesn't state the accuracy criteria, but I doubt it was tested at 25 yds and is probably a standard air rifle certificate used for both rifles and the pistol. It would be
interesting to know what the accuracy requirement was for air rifles and pistols and the associated failure rates.
Brian
Doubter!
It was the magnum after all!
Dave
Smell my cheese
And I expect "No.5" was quite a good shot ( I mean to say, you would be if you did it all day, every day) . He seems fairly confident the way he has slapped his stamp everywhere. (I notice his handwriting isn't the neatest though )
Still, I would think a 1" bullseye at 25 yards was well within his capabilities.
I just don't understand these doubters
Lakey
Does it show a picture of the barn which the 240 allegedly managed to hit the broad side of?
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i did a thread a while ago on tuning the 240 for accuracy... summary is that relieving the through bore at the muzzle end, taking a couple of coils off the spring, and having a less tight guide actually made for a decent shooting, accurate gun.. Why BSA couldn't have worked that out; took me an hour
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
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It was the grip that let the side down IMHO. The action was good and the pistol worked well enough but the wooden grip seemed like an afterthought. Very uncomfortable too.
John
Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.
I have found the BSA 240 Magnum shoots fairly well using a two hand hold, but the grips and top-heavy feel make it less accurate with a single hand, unsupported hold.
Still like the overall experience though and nice to have something different from the usual Webley pistols I shoot every week.
Brian
Yeah, I adapted a new grip for mine.. much more comfortable now...
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
I notice the Inspectors didn’t sign the Certificate
The original Scorpions reputedly went over the limit and had to be recalled to be adjusted. As it is the Scorpion gives a hell of a thwack, and shows that BSA had 'form' in this area.
Tom Gaylord did a really interesting test some years ago and found, to his surprise, that it shot pretty well too! https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2014...pistol-part-3/