BSA Bsa Air Rifle
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Probably not as rare as it is here. Most US guys never even heard of the Mk1, Mk2 or Mk3. The quality dropped off after the Mk2. Later Marks means more plastic and some odd stock style from Mk 3 to about 6. Airsporter Stutzens are attractive guns. Mk1, 2, and maybe3 in .22 have 5.6mm barrels.
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The next rifle BSA produced after the revered prewar underlevers produced 1905 to 1939.
The earliest Mk1 stocks have the BSA stamp on the side of the buttstock. The grip cap is not original.
That was BSA's first air rifle produced in 1948 to 1958 after the 1940 destruction of the factory. BSA were producing Enfields (SMLE) for the war. In 1959 BSA released the Mk1 Meteor which was the first air rifle on the market with telescopic sight grooves. The second in the same year was the Mk2 Airsporter. Gone was the turret rear sight replaced with a folding leaf sight. And the tapered barrel was dropped (sadly). The rotating tap lever was slimmed down as well. Interesting thing about the Mk1 and 2 is the tap opens automatically when the rifle is cocked. Cool.
Is this the inspiration for the Venom Mach 1 that spawned the Air Arms Prosport? Certainly the Falke 90.
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The earliest Mk1 stocks have the BSA stamp on the side of the buttstock. The grip cap is not original.
That was BSA's first air rifle produced in 1948 to 1958 after the 1940 destruction of the factory. BSA were producing Enfields (SMLE) for the war. In 1959 BSA released the Mk1 Meteor which was the first air rifle on the market with telescopic sight grooves. The second in the same year was the Mk2 Airsporter. Gone was the turret rear sight replaced with a folding leaf sight. And the tapered barrel was dropped (sadly). The rotating tap lever was slimmed down as well. Interesting thing about the Mk1 and 2 is the tap opens automatically when the rifle is cocked. Cool.
Is this the inspiration for the Venom Mach 1 that spawned the Air Arms Prosport? Certainly the Falke 90.
Tributes paid to the victims of the blitz bomb at BSA factory in Birmingham
MOVING tributes were paid at the first memorial to be held at the site of the BSA arms factory in Birmingham where 53 people were killed during the Second World War.
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