BSA Meteor back/front sights?

[Stuart Ackerman]

Anyone got a BSA Meteor back sight, and front sight spare?

I can and will make up my own from steel if I cannot source them, but I was hoping that I could be saved the effort...

[ANDYLASER]

Any good? http://www.bsaguns.co.uk/

[Stuart Ackerman]

I went there first, and this is what I read..

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[ANDYLASER]

Maybe, not so good then?

[Stuart Ackerman]

I am asking around here in NZ for original hardware, but I might just make up a diopter peep sight in the spare time I do not have...the front site will be a carbon fibre post.
I used to shoot at 800 to 2000 metre distances, so 10-15 metres will be somewhat confusing. :)
My garage/workshop is 11 metres long, and I do not want to use an optic sight. More fun with "iron" sights... :)

[Stuart Ackerman]

shooting matchsticks at 20 metres is fun, especially if pushups are the punishment for missing...

[Celtic Dragon]

Zackerty,

Try www.henrykrank.com or is it co.uk, I cant remember but they will have it, or you can put an ad on www.airgunbbs.com

HTH
Simon

[MotorbikeMan]

shooting matchsticks at 20 metres is fun, especially if pushups are the punishment for missing...
that's nasty :D

[Stuart Ackerman]

I have just had a work mate offer me a Lee-Enfield peep sight and front site!
His .303 is falling apart ( his words ), so we will see if this works...

The pushups are a throw back to the Army.
Hit a steel dustbin at 1000 metres, with a FN FAL using iron sites ( max 600 metres )with no more than 3 shots... or run to 500 metre mark, run back, 25 pushups...AND start again....
We could practice as much as possible.. nothing like a box of Federal 170 grain lying next to you... the box contained 2000 cartridges :)

[MotorbikeMan]

I have just had a work mate offer me a Lee-Enfield peep sight and front site!
His .303 is falling apart ( his words ), so we will see if this works...

The pushups are a throw back to the Army.
Hit a steel dustbin at 1000 metres, with a FN FAL using iron sites ( max 600 metres )with no more than 3 shots... or run to 500 metre mark, run back, 25 pushups...AND start again....
We could practice as much as possible.. nothing like a box of Federal 170 grain lying next to you... the box contained 2000 cartridges :)
Sounds like fun :O

Just getting back into shooting thanks to a couple of friends, looking forward to it a lot as I used to do quite a bit a few years ago

[Stuart Ackerman]

I am going to re design the ex stock to a thumbhole, raised checkpiece, and straight trigger... and then paint it, colour un-decided at the moment. Maybe a bi-pod...

[Stuart Ackerman]

Simon, thanx for those sites... very interesting.
I will see what my mate comes up with, and whether it is usable, or not. I will post a pic in Commons, if all works out.

[fullplate]

Hi There
I'm in Auckland, try Youngs Airgun Centre. Good guy, repairs all sorts and has heaps of S/H parts. Phone (09) 620 4917.
Regards
Phil

[Stuart Ackerman]

Thanx Phil, and I will report back...

[Celtic Dragon]

Zackerty, if you planning on putting a bipod on this, don't do it. 'pods and springers do not mix, you won't hit anything and you'll end up constantly beasted :D

On airgunbss, they go into the whys and the wherefores, but basically it comes down to the recoil pattern of spring powered rifles. They recoil in 3 or 4 ways (mostly at the same time) IIRC is backwards, upwards and to the side (all in 1 motion) then the end of the spring nearest the butt tries to go forwards to meet the piston and it starts all over again.

[Stuart Ackerman]

Thanx Simon, I have decided not to use a bipod anyway, it was just me rambling on.
I have redesigned the stock profile in my mind, and what you say makes sense, so thanks again. I do not know if I am trying to pretty up a mongrel or not, and I have to get the pressure up first. The seal or spring might need to be renewed...
I have quite got attached to the idea of a peep sight, so we will see how the one my mate is giving me, shapes up. The alignment of the barrel might bash the peep sight idea...then it will be back to basics.

[Celtic Dragon]

Meteors are accurate rifles make no mistakes, perfect for target and light hunting work. The best rifle BSA ever made was the superstar, an underleaver with a revolving breech, but very heavy.

The spring is easy to replace, and I think the meteor has cut in dovetales to the reciever making the crown seal easy to (do both jobs at the same time), rather than my Lightning which has a seperate dovetail mount fixed to the reciever.

I to like to tinker with stocks, I made 1 for my Super10 (+ other mods), the profiling worked out fine, but the inletting leaves alot to be desired. I'm now working on a design not to dis-similar to the Acuraccy International stock for my Daystate Harrier, using of all things an archery riser grip as the pistol grip, and the main frame made out of balsa and fibreglass. But I need to have the rifle regulated first.

[Stuart Ackerman]

Methinks we will talk more on this matter.... :)
I have an old walnut blank sleeping in the garage, and I was going to use it for knife handles... a change in thought might be in the offing :)
Thumbhole with stippling? :)

[Celtic Dragon]

me thinks we will indeed :D

You can always use the offcuts to make scales ;)

I'll email you a pick of my S10 when I get back from holiday at the weekend and you can see my effort. Its heavy at around 7 kg all up, but it is very, very stable in the shoulder. And I stippled mine to, with a modified centre punch and a scrap of wood, it took me 14 hours!!!!

[Stuart Ackerman]

I have just checked the barrel, and there is very little rifling left!!!!
My mate found the Meteor in his attic about 3 years ago, and recently removed the action, sprayed it black, and sanded down the stock.
I will finish off the stock when I get the time.
I clamped the Meteor in a padded vice, and fired 6 pellets into a cardboard box, about 10 meters away.
Result..ONE slightly enlarged hole, about 5mm in diameter!!!
Pressure is way down, as the pellets will not penetrate a softdrink can at that distance, but dents it halfway thru' the can...
If accuracy is consistant, but pressure is down due to oversize barrel bore, I will still complete the project...
A new barrel is out of the question...

[fullplate]

Hi there
I have worked with a few spring guns, have a .25 Patriot and a .177 WK 77. Barrels dont wear much, lack of power probably due to weak spring, and/or worn seals. Mr Young has the cure for both problems and he takes C/C orders over the phone.
Good luck.
Phil

[Stuart Ackerman]

Thanx Phil.
I will call him... :)

[fullplate]

Hi There
if there is a problem, contact me I can go to the shop, pick stuff up etc.
use kilblaan@xtra.co.nz
Phil

[Celtic Dragon]

This is my S10 stock, it may give you a few ideas.

Its now a carbine with a Logun silencer as that silencer wouldn't fit.

first (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/verminhunter/mystock2.jpg)

second (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/verminhunter/mystock3.jpg)

third (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/verminhunter/mystock4.jpg)

fourth (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/verminhunter/mystock5.jpg)

fourth (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/verminhunter/mystock6.jpg)

fourth (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/verminhunter/mystock7.jpg)

As I said in a previous post that stippling took me 14 hours!!!!

[Stuart Ackerman]

Resurrecting an old thread...
I loaned the Meteor to a friend of mine, to help his youngest daughter learn to shoot.
He made up some cheap and nasty sights in the meantime...

My friend is an amateur gunsmith, and without asking me, stripped the action, polished the spring chamber, and re-sealed the chamber area etc.
It whacks those pellets home now!!!

I really must get some iron sights for it, so a call to Auckland will be happening soon...

[Andy]

Hmm

how similar are parts for this gun and the cadet that came before it? I have one that needs new springs, seals and maybe other stuff. I liked the feel of it when it worked though

[rapidboy]

A chap over on the Airguyn Forum called Gedfinn buys and sells a lot of old stuff , he might be wort a shout.

[Stuart Ackerman]

Thanks Rapid..will do...

[Stuart Ackerman]

That phone number is dodgy...
The white pages will correct it, hopefully?

[Stuart Ackerman]

Hmmmm, correct one is (09) 620 4917.
9 and 4 is vice versa/vicer vers...

[Stuart Ackerman]

$69 for the back, and $38 for the front!!!!!!!!!!!
No way Jose'!!!!!

[Stuart Ackerman]

I have some bits and pieces, and I WILL make my own. I made a glass front site a few years ago, with a triangle painted on it...and I might do this again, as it worked well.

[rapidboy]

This here http://www.chambersgunmakers.co.uk/bsa.htm

[Stuart Ackerman]

Thanks Rapid...that works out the same, though, with postage.
The airgun looks like a dog's breakfast, so I cannot quite justify the expense at the moment... I am trying to get a reasonable IZH 46M air pistol at the moment, so the Meteor will get a patch job till later...

[Stuart Ackerman]

Ron Young at Young's Airguns, says that the sights are a bad plastic, and eventually break.
The one I had as a teenager had plastic sights, and were quiet durable, so who knows?

[rapidboy]

I posted a wanted over on the BBS and i just got a PM,

"Got a complete set, brand new, including forend shroud for a Meteor MkIV and MkV. Bought for £30.00(posted) for a projec I now no longer have. Had intended hanging on to them due to the theory of "you never know", but you are happy to pay the same they are yours matey. Let me know either way pleaase"

If it's any good to you let me know and i will pass on your contact details.

Im heading away for a couple of days so PM me and i will sort it when i get back.

[rapidboy]

http://www.airgunbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137625