BSA Ultra MMC Review

[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.