Bsa Superstar Mk2 Carbine Vs Airarms Tx200

[Hudson 5]

The rifle will be for general plinking etc, i know they are worlds apart in terms of age, but the Superstar is in Mint condition at a dealer but is up for £250, once i add postage and RFD fees in it comes close to the £300 mark, i know for this i can buy a good used TX200HC or 97k but i fancy something a bit '' odd '', something that no everyone will have, there are 97k's and TX200's round every shooting club corner.... What do you think ? I would also have a Goldstar or an RB2 Stutzen.

[fry 209]

AA or HW all day long.

[surrey shooter 7]

Prosport !!

 

 

[barrywhite 282]

aa hw are a lot better better than the bsa [gamo] .which gun is better a tx200 or a 97k who knows

[Mawders 595]

Actually, if you want something different than the run of the mill mate I would go for the superstar, I used to have one in the late 90's and I wish I still had it to this day but had to sell it back in 2004 to get married.

 

Extremely accurate and when BSA springers used to be ontop of their game! You wouldn't be disappointed at all. A guy at my local club has one in .177 and his targets look just as good as everyone else's when he's done. Do it!

[zini 1,939]

I think you have answered your own question mate.

 

The BSA would be the rifle to be different with.

 

I cant comment on accuracy of the BSA as ive not used one as far as I can remember but can say the HW and AA models are very accurate.

 

For general plinking though the BSA should be perfect and far better than a SMK, Hatsan, Stoger and probably most of the newer BSA springers.

 

Si.

 

 

[engraver 44]

If its a 1990s superstar carbine then it was as good as an hw77 in the right hands what I would do is get the superstar.

 

Then in time try a tx as in fairness there is no comparison a tx200 is like a venom hw77 straight out of the box well at least mine was...

 

Anyhow I guess what Im trying to say is you will never know how good a tx is until you have shot some more conventional springers.

 

A bit like buying a Ferrari for your first car, until you drive a hot hatch you wont know how good it handles and thats the whole enjoyment of airguns in my youth how they evolved quickly in the 90s

[Hudson 5]

Thanks for all that, i have asked the dealer and he has said it is a Brummie made gun .... which is something.

[davyt63 1,845]

hi hudson

i have both,well one on lone and that's the Superstar MK2 .22

i can tell you this it shoots smoothly,and the trigger is OK ,but once i fettle with it for a friend of mine i will let you know how it goes afterwards

 

i say on lone,i have to de-grease it and do some internal work,polishing,de-buring,spring end polish,new piston seal, pretty much a general service.

 

and what can i say about the TX well,its a cracking spring rifle to use,i have a .177 which i use for the southern hunters series,and it is doing well.its just the man behind the trigger that misses