Hector Vector Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) I am not normally interested in air guns but have always fancied adding a vintage BSA or Webley air rifle to my collection of things that go bang (mostly vintage or antique). Consequently I picked up not one but two BSA Improved Model D rifles recently. One is a Standard pattern from 1911/12 and the other a Light pattern from 1913/14. Both are in pretty good original order considering their age and have not been messed around with. They are really well made, real quality feel to them and both are surprisingly accurate at 25 yards. Going to give them a strip and service and put them to use once again. Edited June 17, 2022 by Hector Vector Minor correction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Cracking. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Well done, keep us posted on progress, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Fabulous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Right up my street! I have eleven of them, but not all as nice as your two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 Looks like someone has cared for them well over their life!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 Hello, does the top one have an auto breach pellet slide when you cock the spring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) On 17/06/2022 at 08:33, Hector Vector said: They are really well made, real quality feel to them and both are surprisingly accurate at 25 yards. LOL! Of course they are accurate! People in the Black Country shot for money and a mutton supper with these things! Read "Ring My Bell" by the late Frank Spittle. Have fun. And pass a thought for the memory of the many, who as "lads" would have shot such (maybe even those very guns you now have) that still today lie buried and at rest in France and Flanders at Passchendale and on the Somme. I'd think the one with the optional adjustable rear peep sight will be the most accurate. Someone likely tried it and put the sight on when they realised it was just that bit more accurate than its sister guns of the same batch in the same rack.. Edited July 2, 2022 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 1 hour ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, does the top one have an auto breach pellet slide when you cock the spring No, not until the post world war 2 Mk1 Airsporter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 Cut my shooting teeth on similar and was a terror to house sparrows back in the early 50s late 40s. Super accurate rifle the one I had use of if I did my bit. Nice . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 This old girl, No.1570, is from the first batch of BSA’s made in 1905. Unfortunately, it didn’t win the whisky in the picture, but has won me many a pineapple/cabbage/jar of jam etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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