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Nice, thanks for sharing. Always enjoyable to see good shooting 👍

I still have a BSF Medium and a model 54 in my collection. Always regretting swapping my model 60 (model 55 with a slightly longer barrel) Typical 1950's rifle that model 54 is: steel, walnut so really hefty gun

Little weight, short barrelled powerful airrifle made by Bayrische Sportwaffen Fabrik aka BSF. Weihrauch took over some ideas from these BSF rifles , which resulted in the HW 85 model. The model 55, 60 and 70 used the same powerplant, only the barrels were longer. B.S.F. "BAYERISCHE SPORTWAFFENFABRIK" Previous manufacturer located in Erlangen, Germany. Previously imported by Kendell International located in Paris, KY, and by Beeman Precision Arms under the Wischo label. B.S.F. (Bayerische Sportwaffenfabrik) is the manufacturer for airguns marketed with B.S.F., Bavaria, and Wischo trade names. B.S.F. was founded in 1935 and produced a few airguns before the pressures of WWII took over. Production began again in 1948 and put an emphasis on solid, simple construction. The Model S54 remains as a classic example of solid, elegant construction for a sporter air rifle. B.S.F.´s own production was generally sold under the Bavaria label. The Wischo Company of Erlangen (founded by Egon Wilsker), one of Europe´s leading gun distributors, distributed large numbers, especially to Beeman Precision Airguns in the USA, under the Wischo label. The collapse of their British agent, Norman May & Co, in 1980 resulted in the dismissal of most of the 130 workers. The Schütt family sold the business to Herbert Gayer, who reorganized the company and the production process. However, this was not enough to prevent further decline of the company. It was then purchased by the Hermann Weihrauch Company in nearby Mellrichstadt in the late 1980s. By incorporating some HW design and cosmetic features and parts, a surprisingly good line of upper economy level airguns was developed to supplement the top-of-the-line regular HW models. Weihrauch manufactures versions of B.S.F. models for Marksman (Marksman Models 28, 40, 55, 56, 58, 59, 70, 71, 72, and 75).

That picture says enough ! well done

Really GREAT pictures, thanks for sharing .

If we only had enough sloeberries around my place....

No, I don't have a .50, but I own a couple of 9mm air rifles: a Fire 201 and a Ultiforce .38 air shotgun, which also takes 9mm slugs. The Fire is quite powerful, doing around the 80 fpe mark with pellets.

I use 30 grains Hornady V-max in my Savage model 24 combination gun .22 WMR/ 20 bore as my sole foxing gun. All shots below 100 meters, so no need for .22 centrefire. Really effective round on fox, if one keeps the range below 100. RWS and Federal JHP Game Shok 50 grains are also quite good, but either hard to get and / or expensive.

Great work ! really like it

Wooohhh, that's turning in a real minter, keep on the good work and keep it posted !

Now, that's a real beauty ! Job well done !

Stunning ! piece of art

I would go for that Guinness !

Lucky you finding it !