B.S.A Meteor

[davyt63 1,845]

hi

as some of you know Cunningham kindly offered this BSA meteor up for some TLC.

and i only had to pay for P&P what a gent

 

well i took hold of it the day before i went to Poland and have now had a look at it

here are some pics

 

the internals,not a good pic

 

 

here is a pic of mainspring and spring guide

 

 

close up

 

 

the spring is slightly bent,so this will need replacing

and the giude is rusty so will replace this too!

 

here is the piston head

 

 

and a close up of the cracked buffer washer

 

 

the BSA together

 

 

and one of the stock

 

 

i have sanded the stock and will get some pics up of that soon too!

 

i hope you enjoyed

 

regards

 

davy

[stealthy1 3,964]

Have you replaced all the parts with new ones, and did you manage get the original bits you were after?

[cunninghamb 2]

Good to see it getting some attenion! I knew it needed a load doing, it had sat in my old FEO's gun cabinet for the last 14 odd years before I got it, so that must be why the seals where so perished!.

 

All The Best

[davyt63 1,845]

Have you replaced all the parts with new ones, and did you manage get the original bits you were after?

 

 

hi stealthy

im off to http://www.amcustomgunsmiths.com/ Sunday to get a regulator fitted to my AAS410K .177

while im there Adi has ordered the parts for me, and i will pick them up Sunday a main spring,a nylon spring guide,buffer washer,piston seal.breach seal,fore-end stock screws

 

these are all new parts

 

regards

 

davy

[davyt63 1,845]

Good to see it getting some attenion! I knew it needed a load doing, it had sat in my old FEO's gun cabinet for the last 14 odd years before I got it, so that must be why the seals where so perished!.

 

All The Best

 

hi C

yes i would say the same,if had been in there that long!then parts would start to seize

and now it has a new home and a new use once fixed!

 

regards

 

davy

[andyfr1968 772]

Hi, Davy.

 

I could be remembering wrong as it's beer o'clock time but I seem to remember that the piston head from the scorpion pistol fits the meteor's piston and allows for a little more swept volume, so taking the power up a little. Still well legal. May be worth asking your chap about.

 

Good luck with it, mate.

 

Cheers.

[davyt63 1,845]

Hi, Davy.

 

I could be remembering wrong as it's beer o'clock time but I seem to remember that the piston head from the scorpion pistol fits the meteor's piston and allows for a little more swept volume, so taking the power up a little. Still well legal. May be worth asking your chap about.

 

Good luck with it, mate.

 

Cheers.

hi andy

as it happens i have a bsa scorpion pistol which needs some attention ! So will check it out

thanks buddy

regards

 

PS pm incoming

 

davy

[gurtwurz 792]

let us know how you get on there davy, i've got this ol beauty to sort out for a pals boy so youre doing me a big favour with your write ups mate

 

 

i think its a mk1,needing a bit of love inside n out, but i'm hanging on for some scopemounts for it before i really start work on it

 

cheers mate, wurz

[davyt63 1,845]

let us know how you get on there davy, i've got this ol beauty to sort out for a pals boy so youre doing me a big favour with your write ups mate

 

 

i think its a mk1,needing a bit of love inside n out, but i'm hanging on for some scopemounts for it before i really start work on it

 

cheers mate, wurz

 

 

hi wurz

have a look at the serial number,if it starts with a TH then its 79/93 model me tinks

or you can just ring B.S.A. and they will tell ya what it is buddy

 

BSA GUNS (UK) LIMITED

Armoury Road

Small Heath

Birmingham

B11 2PP

T: +44 (0)121 772 8543

F: 0121 773 0845

 

To contact us via e-mail,

please use the below address.

sales@bsaguns.com

 

hope this helps

 

regards

 

davy

[andyfr1968 772]

Hi, Davy.

 

Got your PM, mate but for some reason I can't seem to reply. technology!!!

 

Some of those older BSA's had different piston heads depending on caliber, the .177 one allows for a little more swept area to make up for the fact .177's about 10% (ish) less efficient.

 

Don't bother packing the spring with washers, it's a myth that it boosts power. If you think about it, youve still got the same amount of stored energy in the spring, putting more pre-load on it won't change that. All you're likely to do is make the spring go solid too soon and the trigger won't engage on the piston.

 

One trick on those is remove the buffer washer and fit as thin a nylon washer as you can then redrill the hole where the pin fixes the head to the piston. It does feck all and in time, they always compress or split and drag on the inside of the cylinder.

 

Titan do a spring for the Meteor's and I've fitted many of those to a good many gun's and they seem top notch.

 

The barrels always go slack in the jaws and the best fix is to have a bolt fitted along with some shims between the barrel and the inside of the jaws. Maybe a job for your local tooling shop, that one....

 

Hope this helps you, Davy and Wurz.

 

Cheers, fella's!!

 

Edit... I'll give you a shout as soon as my PM's are working with regard to your earlier PM. Thanks, mate.

Edited May 29, 2010 by andyfr1968

[davyt63 1,845]

hi every one

i have all the parts for the BSA refurb project

 

breach seal replaced and lubed

 

 

piston head clean and new seal lubed and new buffer washer

 

 

new spring & guide and as adi puts it top hat n tails,all greesed up

 

 

the stock sanded

 

 

and the internals in and how i got them there

 

 

i would not recomend this way unless you know what you are doing,and have at least 15 stone lol

behind it to force it in.and be able to put the retainer pin in

 

 

in the pic above you can see the first coat on the stock

 

 

 

 

and this is how dirty the barrel was,once i finished wiping the dirt of on a paper towel

 

 

i am in the prosess of putting some tru oil on the stock,one coat so far.

so will up date once it is all done

hope you enjoyed

 

regards

 

davy

[stealthy1 3,964]

Its coming on mate, the stock sanded down well, looked like new wood

[andyfr1968 772]

Nice one, Davy!!

 

Hope it all goes well for you, mate.

 

Cheers.

[zini 1,939]

Starting to look super cool that Davy What you going to use on the stock pal?

 

Si

[Marksman 934]

coming along nicely mate

 

seems I started a trend since I done the Relum....

 

That stock is definately top notch mate

 

Darryl