Just Picked Up An Old Bsa Mercury / Advice Please

[mjr88 50]

Hi all

 

After a long absence from the airgun scene , i have just picked up an old .177 bsa mercury from a chap at work. I only collected the rifle yesterday , and overall , the gun is in pretty good condition , apart from a few spots of surface rust on the barrel and a few scratches here and there.

 

I have been out this morning and fired off a few shots through the chrony with Bisley Practice 7.2g pellets and the results were as follows : Highest 764.5fps / Lowest 740.5fps / Average 753.2fps = 9.7ft11b. Is this power level Adequate for corvid and bunny bashing , or should i spend a few more quid and get the rifle tuned for slightly more power. The rifle is easy and smooth to cock and the recoil is very low too.

 

I havn't had a chance to take off the stock yet and have a proper look at things , but i have found a number under the barrel near the linkage arm : WC00313 is this the serial number , and if it is can anybody tell me roughly how old the rifle is ,

 

Regards ,

 

John

[jasper65 6]

Hi all

 

After a long absence from the airgun scene , i have just picked up an old .177 bsa mercury from a chap at work. I only collected the rifle yesterday , and overall , the gun is in pretty good condition , apart from a few spots of surface rust on the barrel and a few scratches here and there.

 

I have been out this morning and fired off a few shots through the chrony with Bisley Practice 7.2g pellets and the results were as follows : Highest 764.5fps / Lowest 740.5fps / Average 753.2fps = 9.7ft11b. Is this power level Adequate for corvid and bunny bashing , or should i spend a few more quid and get the rifle tuned for slightly more power. The rifle is easy and smooth to cock and the recoil is very low too.

 

I havn't had a chance to take off the stock yet and have a proper look at things , but i have found a number under the barrel near the linkage arm : WC00313 is this the serial number , and if it is can anybody tell me roughly how old the rifle is ,

 

Regards ,

 

John

 

lovely Guns John . had a Mercury as a lad and also the S version. must say back then I had more fun with a Mercury than any other gun but there are some pretty decent springers about these days with Damper systems that make the Mercury look and shoot their age....

 

one thing I noticed with mine is they had pretty shallow scope groves which suffered a bit with creep, I fitted arrestor blocks on mine and the bloody thing still creeped. its a shame BSA didn't fit some sort of recoil stop and deepen the rails.

 

all said and done though John that gun you have will be more than adequate to do a job for you as mine was many years ago ..

 

atb, Jasp

[lamping lurcher 7]

hi mate hope this help

WC MERCURY MK3 0.177 1978-

[shellfish 63]

like jasper said mate nice gun for the bunnys i wouldn't bother tuning it

i had the 22 version as young'un prefer d them to the airsporter

nice to know there are still a few about

atb

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

brand new im sure they were only 10.5 ftlbs, i wouldnt worry and just enjoy shooting it.

they were a nice gun to look at back in the day, i had the airsporter and couldnt hit a cows arse with it.did a deal with a lad , airsporter for a honda cbrj 50

[ghillies 209]

hmmm 9'5 fp's, 20 yarder hunting, posably 30 if your hot on heads.. perfic ratter though, or even target shooting, i'd prefer 10.5 ish though.

 

had a loan of .22 years back, really good magpie blatter, but only up to the 20 yard mark.

[jasper65 6]

the "S" version had a bit more clout about it, slightly wider cylinder helped a bit also came with a 12 grooved barrel. Don't ask me what that meant .....

 

here's was my old one I had when I was a lad, it was offered back to me a few years ago but he was asking silly money which is a shame as I wanted it for sentimental reasons....

 

Jasp