bazwold Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 just been given a bsa spitfire,not the motorcycle, alas,but fine bikes never the less. no info with it but it,s in ace condition,how many shots per refill can i expect ? it,s a .22 . how many charges per bottle ?can i obtain an extra bottle. any info appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatingisbest Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 off the top of my head i think it is a break barrel PCP, bout 40 shots per charge, you cannot buy another bottle to go in the gun but you can buy a (divers) bottle to fill it up with. Take a look on the BSA guns website Fill in your profile please, you will get more responce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 5 Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 Spitfires came in Standard Fill (sf) and High fill (hf). SF guns have a pressure cooker type gauge in the scope rail and are filled to 200 bar via a buddy bottle. You can get extra buddy bottles from most gunshops at around £50 or so new. They did around 30 shots or just less before needing a top up. HF guns have no pressure cooker indicator but charge directly from a pump or scuba tank to 232 bar and do around 55 shots per fill. The HF is generally regarded as the more desireable. They do have a history of leaking but other than that are solid field guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytrigger Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 I used to have a bowkett tuned hf spitfire and found it good for lamping and very accurate although mine did leak a bit. i used to get around 35-40 full power shots.. Wish i still had it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer rabbit (r1000) Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 had the same gun once, still got the bits (don't worry, it doesn't happen often), here's my story... bought the rifle in .177, was very happy as it gave me about 50 shots per fill & was very accurate to about 80 yards! until... it started leaking . found out it was leaking from the front seal within the air cylinder which just happens to be the only one i can't get to for replacement :( . anyway, i still have all the bits which i can use to have another gun built from, which is good as the barrell is faultless, i may even have another go at gaining access to the elusive seal. why do these things happen when the warranty runs out? here's a few tips: DON'T overfill, 180 bar will be fine, this should give you around 40-50 decent shots DON'T use pellets that are too tight as you will eventually damage your barrell DO check your seals occasionally, particularly around the filling valve (or better still, have your local gunsmith do it for you) you could also try lubricating your pellets as this will help to look after your barrell DON'T do any maintainance if you're unsure, ask a professional no' you can't get extra air cylinders for this particular rifle, but you could try using a small diving tank as a buddy-bottle, just be carefull as the filling probe will be held in by nothing but air pressure hope this helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 80 yards ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatingisbest Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 80 yards ? Maybe FAC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer rabbit (r1000) Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 nope, just how good the barrel was. i used to have access to a 150 yard range where i was shooting bottle tops at about halfway (i think is was set to 11fp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Just don't leap from Barn roofs it WON'T fly i tell ya LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer rabbit (r1000) Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Just don't leap from Barn roofs it WON'T fly i tell ya LG now, now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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