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Old antique BSAs - how good would they have been -

Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 10:56 pm
by Yrrah
- with modern pellets and a scope?
Today I trotted out my old 1919 Light .177 BSA and shot this group
at 25 yards with Predator Metalmags and the open sights. I have shot Indian Mynas with these.
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Perhaps the old prewar Mick Simmons catalogue boast for the Heavy BSA that it could take rabbits to 50 yards may have been legit.
Harry.

Re: Old antique BSAs - how good would they have been -

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 12:06 am
by mn1863
That's cool, they are lovely old rifles.

Re: Old antique BSAs - how good would they have been -

Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 9:01 am
by Andrew T
Nice one Yrrah,

I too love the oldies too.

Recently got this very nice BSA Light Pattern dated 1934, amazing heavy over engineered build quality that will last forever, an incredible piece of air gun history.

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Old antique BSAs - how good would they have been -

Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 7:08 pm
by trapper
Nice shooting. There’s no way I could achieve a group like that with my Meteor. And that’s with a scope!

The build quality looks way better than the Meteor too.

Re: Old antique BSAs - how good would they have been -

Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 10:29 pm
by daisy
Those are both lovely looking old rifles in good great nick.