durbsguy Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Evening Gents I met a guy this last weekend who has the Spitfire. He then proceeded to explain that it is a cross between a PCP and break barrel airgun saying that it was originally designed to be a poor man's pcp. He claims that the accuracy is the same as his Daystate mk4. He says he'll bring the gun next time I go sailing, unfortunately/fortunately I'm off to NZ for the rugby on Thursday so won't be sailing any time soon. Has anyone had any experience, as I thought it might be interesting to add it to my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Not had one myself but from what I remember they were modelled on the bsa meteor and you cocked them by breaking the barrel as you would on the spring gun,not sure on the accuracy claim though they were not made for long so could not have sold well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger955i Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 HI Mate As previously said is cocked by breaking the barrel to around 15-20degrees. I pickd one up second hand a few years ago. It was an earlier model filled from a buddy bottle, as you would use an a BSA super 10. The newer ones had a quick fill probe which was a lot more convenient. I found it to ba a very accurate, easily as accurate as any of the mainstream pcp's, and powerful air rifle and the break barrel was quicker to reload than say the bolt on my S400. The only downside was that you only got 20 or so shots per fill and filling was by buddy bottle. I hardly ever use mine now because my dive bottle adaptor will not fill the buddy bottle. People have produced fittings which will allow you to fill the earlier ones straight from the dive bottle. To be sure I will be keeping mine. A chap in our local air rifle club has one in .177, one in .22 (both blue printed) and is on the lookout for one in .25 to complete the family. ATB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktattoo Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) very plain guns, had one in .22 early one filled from buddy bottle, cracking gun accounted for a lot of rabbits in its time. Main fault was filling from buddy bottle rather than dive bottle and hard to see air level with scope fitted and even then was easier keeping track of shot count Edited September 7, 2011 by marktattoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snipper Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 nice simple pcp and easy to use in the dark for ratting they came in two versions HF (high fill) that used a pump or dive bottle and the lower pressure one that filled from a buddy bottle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveo26 Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) Bowkett designed them, I had a .177 carbine and I put a full length .25 barrel on mine from a supersport, had serious trouble getting the power down. It was a good gun, nice and accurate, light and really simple to use. It was and they were all infact well known for leaks. Mine would lose all its charge overnight. That was eventually why i sold it. BSA did an under lever with a rotary breech can't think what it was called, I had one of those too Edited September 10, 2011 by Daveo26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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