Bsa Airsporter Restoration Project

[bigmac 97kt 13,732]

TOP JOB MATTY looks mint bud my mate Matt smith has one its like the day it came out of the box will he hell sell it to me lol atvbmac

[bigmac 97kt 13,732]

Now you no where air arms got the idea for the pro sport under leaver even looks the same but in black atvbmac :thumbs:

[mattybugeye 884]

Yea i was saying that last night like a old school prosport when baby wakes from nap going to test it with scope on hope it shoots well hard to belive it was not shooting and sized solid 2 days ago god I love messing about with spring guns wish I could chrono it though

[mattybugeye 884]

Had a shoot earlier nice to shoot not the most accurate rifle but might be settling down for a while 1stits got a cut spring in too that I was testing it with so wont help its striped again now to re blue lol

[mattybugeye 884]

Re blued it after work this time it's much better love the Phillips liquid blue it's really deep now almost black! !

Re blued the cylinder and barrel too removed so much crap from the barrel no doubt will shoot better now ....

 

happy with the finish now

Edited September 16, 2014 by mattybugeye

[Jake w 232]

Let us know how it shoots mate and done a really good job on that mate reading these projects really makes me want to pick up a battered gun and have a go at one myself mate you've done a good job mate

[mattybugeye 884]

Cheers pal

Yea it's a nice feeling turning a battered gun into a nice rifle. But once you start you can't stop I really like airsporters will be on the look out for another soon still bit to do the stock next job will rebuilt and see how shoots tomorrow before doing the stock in walnut I think

[Jake w 232]

Yes mate and good looking forward to seeing it and reading about it when it's finished mate an thinking of it I'm definitely going to keep a look out for a gun that needs restoring and have ago myself mate

[Daz39 962]

Just stunning work! Brought back from the dead!!

[mattybugeye 884]

Thanks Daz it's all built back up now and lubed adjusted trigger as was heavy . put a scope on and will have a shoot later .

Hopefully will shoot nicer now with barrel cleaned and re blued I've fit a new spring and piston weight too . Chrono been sent for repair so should know the power in next few days

[mattybugeye 884]

All back together and firing a dream !! I was not happy with the trigger it was so hard to pull so had a look and I had put the trigger tension spring it wrong way round so I removed it took a bit of tension off it with pipe grips re fit and it's so light now . A deep clean and re blue of the barrel has done the trick put around 50 pellets through it and it's now putting pellet on top of pellet only tested at 20yd but very happy . Tried rws superdome it likes them tried aa field and accupel again seemed to like them but rws seem the best fit. I can't believe how much gunk was in the barrel no wonder it was all over shop before. Just the stock to go now going to go walnut I reckon

[villaman 9,979]

Try the 5.53 jsb pellet , BSA like the larger pellet

[mattybugeye 884]

Cheers mate will do going to go pellet shopping and try a few think il have a wander with it soon be nice to bag a bunny with it

[Daz39 962]

What do you do with these Matty? Keep or sell? just wondering!

[mattybugeye 884]

Normallydo them up get them shooting nice AMD sell them on to fund another lol

Once stock if finished IL be advertising this for sale but only after a couple of outings with it :-)

They seem to sell well a nice condition one will do 250 easy been watching them on gun star selling at that

If anyone interested in it PM me

IL post some groups from it it shocked me how accurate it is for a old rifle

Edited September 19, 2014 by mattybugeye