Today’s Barn Find - BSA Airsporter S

Gummage said:
I have a tx200 MK1 turning up that needs tlc, though it won't be to the standard of this BSA restoration.
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Its like restoring anything isnt it, you go as far as you want or dont want, my mate has an old webley a .177 i kind of slightly smaller vulcan with a metal at the rear hatsan style safety catch on it.
Just says webly on it nothing else, no idea if its Brumie or a turk.
Its Beautiful its lost its blacking almost from being loved but its been lightly oiled everytime it ever went out thats obvious, nice wood a few dings nothing you could not lift if you wanted the trigger is pure unadulterated Webly . i told him "Dont you dare farm up this gunLOL!"
He 100% agreed its for shooting its what its clearly done a heck of a lot of some body loved this gun its just obvious.
 
Paul_Ox said:
Averaging around 9.8 ft/lbs pre leading in (.177) Does that sound reasonable for a MK1 Airsporter S?
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I have found that pellets that sit high in the tap give significantly more muzzle energy than ones that drop to the bottom leaving lots of lost volume behind them. Also the tightness of the o ring piston seal will affect m.e. I fitted mine with a Diana seal in the end to see if it would have a nicer shot cycle and be more accurate. It wasn't any better than the nicely fitting o ring I had on it previously. I think 9.8 is a good start. Cheers Max
 
I find O-ring seals take a while to polish up. At the start they are trying to grip the inside of the cylinder rather than slide. Get some lead through it and test after the first tin
 
maximus said:
I have found that pellets that sit high in the tap give significantly more muzzle energy than ones that drop to the bottom leaving lots of lost volume behind them. Also the tightness of the o ring piston seal will affect m.e. I fitted mine with a Diana seal in the end to see if it would have a nicer shot cycle and be more accurate. It wasn't any better than the nicely fitting o ring I had on it previously. I think 9.8 is a good start. Cheers Max
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I'm always biased towards shooting smoothly rather than squeezing out that last ft/lb

I'm happy with Airsporters at 9+
 
Paul_Ox said:
How’s your coming along Andy?
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Not had any time but I do have WW parachute seal kit to fit. 17766317520483019541188936684812.webp
 
Paul_Ox said:
View attachment 92776820 hours plus of emery cloth grades and blisters, and it’s starting to look decent. All pitting now gone
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Wow that's a lot of sanding, I've done a fair bit myself no machinery just emery paper on mostly old tornados & you can get a great deal of satisfaction as you rightly should feel it looks great I can see any residual pitting so the old girl will be back to being a real honey again 😘
 
Toe Knee said:
Does Andrew do any other stuff as so well kitted out, not sure if I've heard his name regards bluing?
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Andrew re-blacked the action on my Airsporter to an incredible finish - I don’t think my photos do his work justice tbh. He was recommended on this very forum.

I’m so impressed, I have another couple of projects I’m hoping to send to him in the near future 🙂

He appears to be a man of many talents!
 
Paul_Ox said:
Andrew re-blacked the action on my Airsporter to an incredible finish - I don’t think my photos do his work justice tbh. He was recommended on this very forum.

I’m so impressed, I have another couple of projects I’m hoping to send to him in the near future 🙂

He appears to be a man of many talents!
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Yeah I'm sure I've heard the name before, few bits I need doing🙄
 
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