BSA Superstar

[028butlerboy 0]

As title, my da bought me a .22 BSA superstar secondhand 8 years ago when i was 15 and shot everything from rats to rabbits with it (under his supervision of course )!!

 

But then when i turned 17 i got a motorbike and chased after woman and beer i put the gun to one side for 6 years!! But recently i have started gaining interest in it again now that i have a woman and drank my fair share of beer :alcoholic: so i treated it to a new set of optics in the shape of a sabre airgunner 3-9 X 42 AOIR scope, then decided it could do with a little more take down power so stripped it down and fitted an OX mainspring with new seals etc.. which after fitting took the rifle from 10.8ft/lb to 16+ft/lb with crosman accupells. Pretty impressive i thought

 

Now that i have everthing tickety boo, i want to know a few things!! How old are they? Would it be worth my while refinishing the stock and action? Does anyone else on here own/owned one And what do you think of them?

 

Regards

John-boy

Edited March 5, 2011 by 028butlerboy

[hunter1989 91]

hi buddy

 

first think do you have a fac?

 

if not and you get caught its classed as a fire arm and you could be in some shit

[028butlerboy 0]

hi buddy

 

first think do you have a fac?

 

if not and you get caught its classed as a fire arm and you could be in some shit

 

In Northern Ireland every airgun regardless of power output is classed as a firearm so therefore it is on a FAC.

[hunter1989 91]

sweet,

 

there brilliant rifles in my eyes a mate of mine used to have one,and he was always bashing those rabbits and pigeons at arouns 45 yards with his

 

as for age i really dont no but im sure someone will be along soon to help you out buddy

 

atb steve

[028butlerboy 0]

sweet,

 

there brilliant rifles in my eyes a mate of mine used to have one,and he was always bashing those rabbits and pigeons at arouns 45 yards with his

 

as for age i really dont no but im sure someone will be along soon to help you out buddy

 

atb steve

 

When i was 15 i used mine with a simmons 4 x 32 scope and took rabbits out to 35m max, but now that its a bit more powerful and equipped with better optics i think i will be able to test this rifles full potential!!

 

John-boy

[028butlerboy 0]

Bump... Anyone??

[Steve k 0]

Hi there ,i have a mk1 22 superstar that i have had 19 years from new ,love it to bits it gets used nearly every weekend and has never let me down in all those years. i feed her rws superdomes at the moment and have just upgraded the scope to a hawke 4-12-50 ao ir , we have taken many a woody and lost count of how many squirels over the years. I hope you enjoy yours mate..is yours the same as this one if yes then its a mk1 if not yours might have the different muzzle break with internal thread for a silencer that would be mk2 hope this helps...

 

Edited March 10, 2011 by Steve k

[Ron Weasley 83]

Always liked the look of these rifles. A friend of mine used to have a the Goldstar some years back - I always fancied one or the other.

 

I'd never put an OX spring in any of my rifles personally though!

[028butlerboy 0]

Hi there ,i have a mk1 22 superstar that i have had 19 years from new ,love it to bits it gets used nearly every weekend and has never let me down in all those years. i feed her rws superdomes at the moment and have just upgraded the scope to a hawke 4-12-50 ao ir , we have taken many a woody and lost count of how many squirels over the years. I hope you enjoy yours mate..is yours the same as this one if yes then its a mk1 if not yours might have the different muzzle break with internal thread for a silencer that would be mk2 hope this helps...

 

 

Mines a mk2, it has a barrel weight on the end of it!! I will keep using this rifle as there is nout wrong with it, but was thinking of changing the ox spring to a V-mach one!! Anybody give me good news on them??

[Ron Weasley 83]

Yes. V Mach all the way. Steve Pope tuned my HW95 and it has never felt so nice.

[weldersunited 0]

Hi Mate, go with the v-mach kit, I've just put one in my HW80 and it's made a world of difference- I had an ox spring in there before- plenty of power but as for accuracy, forget it!

 

ATB