Period Scopes Kassnar & BSA For Sale

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Kassnar Beta 3 Variable Power Scope

3-9x42 ‘No 2455’

Has bubble at bottom of field of view to prevent cant. Heavy construction and clear image, thick 30/30 reticle. Scruffy and eyepiece has a dent, mounts are a bit icky.

These scopes were extremely expensive when new in the early 80s, costing far more than an HW80.

£70 including post.

BSA 4x20 made in Japan 3/4 inch scope with German style post reticle. Screws on mount a little chewed and some deterioration to finish but a nice little plinking scope for elderly Meteor or Airsporter £30 including post.

[Garvin]

Wow that BSA scope rings a bell Alistair! I had one on my Panther Deluxe when I 'upgraded' from a Gat around 1979. It was attached using a terrible Crosman two-piece mount IIRC and kept coming loose. Eventually I ditched it for the far superior Crosman 766 rifle when I could afford to buy it off my mate. He was a rich kid whose dad gave him air rifles in lieu of affection. I had plenty of the latter but not enough of the former.

The sparrow population in my area dropped immediately. Of course I wouldn't dream of shooting one now but they were considered 'pests' back then...

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Wow that BSA scope rings a bell Alistair! I had one on my Panther Deluxe when I 'upgraded' from a Gat around 1979. It was attached using a terrible Crosman two-piece mount IIRC and kept coming loose. Eventually I ditched it for the far superior Crosman 766 rifle when I could afford to buy it off my mate. He was a rich kid whose dad gave him air rifles in lieu of affection. I had plenty of the latter but not enough of the former.

The sparrow population in my area dropped immediately. Of course I wouldn't dream of shooting one now but they were considered 'pests' back then...

Great stuff Danny! I too had the Crosman 766 and other than it’s light weight and recoilless action it was kind of a disappointment.. Airgun World was to blame. Sometimes it was great and sometimes they just told massive pork pies.

The neglected spoiled kid scenario brought me to my first experience of a Venom and the first 77 I ever encountered. Such a child had been given one and spent half an hour with it taking out targets if opportunity like the neighbours chimney pots, windows etc. before being stopped. The court sold it off to sone lucky basket at our club. It was so good and so unaffordable that it just embarrassed everyone.

Until I lived on the coast of Fife I thought the sparrow horde of my childhood had died out because of farming practices or something else, possibly people with Crosman 766s … but there was a family of about 50 in the hedge who would shriek at me when I was fixing the car.. I don’t know if they’ve returned in England but there’s a whole lot of them in Fife.

Panther pistols were the bottom of the food chain but cheap and available .. I don’t regard pop-outs as air guns, just unrecycled metal.

[Garvin]

Great stuff Danny! I too had the Crosman 766 and other than it’s light weight and recoilless action it was kind of a disappointment.. Airgun World was to blame. Sometimes it was great and sometimes they just told massive pork pies.

The neglected spoiled kid scenario brought me to my first experience of a Venom and the first 77 I ever encountered. Such a child had been given one and spent half an hour with it taking out targets if opportunity like the neighbours chimney pots, windows etc. before being stopped. The court sold it off to sone lucky basket at our club. It was so good and so unaffordable that it just embarrassed everyone.

Until I lived on the coast of Fife I thought the sparrow horde of my childhood had died out because of farming practices or something else, possibly people with Crosman 766s … but there was a family of about 50 in the hedge who would shriek at me when I was fixing the car.. I don’t know if they’ve returned in England but there’s a whole lot of them in Fife.

Panther pistols were the bottom of the food chain but cheap and available .. I don’t regard pop-outs as air guns, just unrecycled metal.

I suppose the Panther was at least fairly accurate whereas the Gat struggled to make a 6 inch group at 4 yards. Glad to hear there are still sparrows up there. Down here it's all magpie and green parakeets nowadays. They scream at each other all day long!

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I suppose the Panther was at least fairly accurate whereas the Gat struggled to make a 6 inch group at 4 yards. Glad to hear there are still sparrows up there. Down here it's all magpie and green parakeets nowadays. They scream at each other all day long!

An air-gun just HAS to be more accurate than a spud-gun or throwing the pellets manually. Yes I’ve heard about the shrieky parakeets .. magpies seem to be everywhere. I was changing the suspension springs on my Legend and a scrawny little female sparrow can and sat in the gutter and told me in sparrow to ‘f*** off’. The cottage hadn’t been inhabited for three months so I guess I was intruding …

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You don't see many of the 3-9 × 42's come up for sale. Maybe not a great seller as they where £179 in 1985. Good glass but expensive. Mach 1.5

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You don't see many of the 3-9 × 42's come up for sale. Maybe not a great seller as they where £179 in 1985. Good glass but expensive. Mach 1.5

The glass is very good but the reticle is very thick, strangely so.