Seems to me to be a lot of unjustified "BSA bashing" in this thread. I rather hoped that people on this forum had more brains than that.
FWIW, I have a couple of BSA rifles & have owned several more, & I've never had an issue with accuracy in any of them. In fact, an ancient Mercury that came to me as a wreck is the most consistent rifle I've ever seen and shoots very well indeed.
And the nitpicking about how a barrel is attached to the support/breech block is pointless. Any means of attaching metal to metal involves some kind of process that will cause deformation to some degree.
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My money would always be on the pellet type before anything else.
'It may be that your sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others'.
Guess Hsing-ee must be busy with other stuff, but it will still be interesting to hear what the cause of the 'problem' turns out to be.
Another thought I had was maybe the trigger weight is way too high? Well you never know, it might be a possibility.
Another thing crossed my mind, a shaggy dog story that was told to me, well I hope it was a shaggy dog story, but like lots of things there's just a possibility that it had an element of credibility in it & it's so dangerous & daft I don't feel its appropriate to repeat it in full on here but suffice it to say it was a conversation between two lads trying to work out why one shot better than the other.
I only speak from my experience.
I'll give BSA credit when it's due and speak my mind when it isn't.
The BSA Ultra was one of the best little guns I ever owned (I've had two). Beautiful sweet shooting little thing, never found a pellet it didn't like.
The Lightning was the worst gun I've ever bought, by a country mile.
Good deals with these members
Pellet testing 1st.
Unfortunately humour isnt always that easy to convey in text, I should have put a strategic smiley somewhere in that post
Another factor is that long term banter context may be a little too internal between a few members to be picked up by all.
And I'm not a native english speaker, which may complicate matters even more.
The point is that many members on here have a tone of "friendly banter" which may look rude to some that havent followed it over time.
But its all usually friendly meant
Too many airguns!
Yes, of course.. Although it's already been mentioned earlier in the thread, it can be so tempting to overlook the simple "fixes". Pellet to barrel compatibility should be amongst the very first of items to address, as well as security of stock / scope fasteners etc.
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Absolutely, evert.
And, like many, I'll often jump in on some of that banter. But it's usually amongst "known proponents" and always intended as fun and light-hearted, not serious critique.
I currently own three BSAs. Two are definite keepers - my 1906 LJ Underlever and my scruffy, tatty early Supersport that shoots very sweetly and is very accurate. My personal jury's still out on my Mercury S, though....sweet shooting and easy cocking. Accurate at the close ranges I've tested at (like genuine little one-holers at ten yards with Superdome and H&N Excite Hammer) but details like the "Mickey Mouse" (in my view) pivot bolt and poor finish on piston detract. All told, though, I'll probably keep.
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I've just had a count up, Tone --- for some strange reason I seem to own 22 BSAs.
2 Prewar under levers
7 Meteors
1 Merlin MK2
1 Airsporter MK1
3 Airsporter MK2
1 Airsporter MK4
1 Airsporter MK6
2 Airsporter S
1 Mercury MK2
1 Mercury MK4
1 Mercury S
1 Lightning MK1
And I don't use any of them --- in fact the last time one was fired was by Chippendale at a Boinger Bash 3 years ago when he wanted to try an Airsporter S.
All the best Mick