Gifted

[mitre 507]

Oh well that's done and dusted found out the serial number and the name of the air rifle of course a mercury and the year too 

[mitre 507]

Some BSA scopes have that style of cross hairs in a pistol scope once seen 

[Bangersanmash 6,692]

23 minutes ago, mitre said:

Some BSA scopes have that style of cross hairs in a pistol scope once seen 

Found this on the scopes 

[Bangersanmash 6,692]

24 minutes ago, mitre said:

Some BSA scopes have that style of cross hairs in a pistol scope once seen 

Haven't a clue what the first word says. 

[Bangersanmash 6,692]

32 minutes ago, mitre said:

Some BSA scopes have that style of cross hairs in a pistol scope once seen 

Nikko Stirling. I'm Green when it comes to guns. Lol. Just looked them up. 

[Bangersanmash 6,692]

Found a pair on ebay look the same scopes. 

[FLATTOP 5,291]

1 hour ago, Bangersanmash said:

Found a pair on ebay look the same scopes. 

Nikko Sterlings are pretty good scopes seems the guns been used for target shooting. 

[Bangersanmash 6,692]

26 minutes ago, FLATTOP said:

Nikko Sterlings are pretty good scopes seems the guns been used for target shooting. 

My dads cousin just had it for rats. But he got it past down from another family member abit older than him. Now my old man's got it. Lol. He's just come around for it. To have an hour in his garden target shooting. Mid life crisis.

[eastcoast 4,779]

Started reading the topic from 1st post and convinced it was a Mercury, but as not marked Mercury, started to think it could be a rare BSA prototype, but reading later posts it is marked  Well worth getting back into optimum working order. Powerful and more importantly accurate enough for rabbits and pigeons. A genuine part of great British gun making history. I preferred the fixed barrel Airsporter but the Mercury was a nice rifle. Even the Nikko Stirling scope is worth keeping as period accurate but the old 2 piece mounts used to suffer from "scope creep". 

[mitre 507]

Yes that's right they seem a older type of scope as long the cross hairs are in tact and the lens are clear and they don't flop out 

[j j m 6,633]

nice old classic

[bigmac 97kt 13,853]

Get it in the classic section son 

[chouchin66 15]

On 03/05/2025 at 05:33, Bangersanmash said:

What scopes are them that's on the gun on my images. Doesn't say owt on them. What do you call them cross-hairs never seen any like that before. 

The scope has what is called a post & crosshair reticle - very popular in the 1960s - 1970s. The yellow sticker on front bell looks to be a Japanese optics mfgr. Inspection passed sticker. Scope quite possibly made by LOW ( Light Optics Works), SUWA, or Hakko. Nice bit of kit, have fun gussying it up

Edited June 7, 2025 by chouchin66