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Shed Finds
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 4:41 pm
by falco67
This morning a friend bought me 2 air rifles that he had found in a shed for "cleaning up" as he put it.
They were in a bit of a state but a couple of hours later they looked a lot better.
I know nothing about air rifles, one of them has no markings that I can see, but has a serial number starting "CC"
The other is an A.S.I Rapid Fire Paratrooper Repeater with windage and elevation adjustment and a "magazine"? on top of the body.
both are .177.
So off to the range on Thursday to see how they shoot.
Re: Shed Finds
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 5:18 pm
by kennyc
looks like a BSA cadet rifle, I used to have one of those when I was a kid, it shot very well from memory, I also had a .22 ASI paratrooper, it shot OK but was very "twangy" because of the plastic hollow stock .
Re: Shed Finds
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 5:51 pm
by breacher
The ASI - my very first air rifle !
Re: Shed Finds
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:01 pm
by DL.
breacher wrote:The ASI - my very first air rifle !
Mine too! An ASI Sniper repeater. Given a whopping 4ft/lbs with an Ox spring!
Re: Shed Finds
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:21 pm
by 1066
What a find - I believe it's a Cadet Major, both quite collectable now. The BSA can be dated quite accurately from the serial number.
Re: Shed Finds
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:28 pm
by breacher
DL. wrote:breacher wrote:The ASI - my very first air rifle !
Mine too! An ASI Sniper repeater. Given a whopping 4ft/lbs with an Ox spring!
I was 16 and just returned to UK from Ireland. Where airguns are sect one.
Imagine my joy when I walked into a gunshop to be told airguns needed no licence !
Re: Shed Finds
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:33 am
by Dahonis
The paratrooper used to be used at fairgrounds as well. Top piece of kit in the day!
Re: Shed Finds
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 6:31 pm
by falco67
with regards to the paratrooper, how was the tube used? Was it just storage for pellets or can it be used to for the "Rapidfire" bit of its title somehow?
Looking at the BSA Cadet Major, I have found one article that dates the Serial Prefix "CC" to between 1955-1962 and another that suggest 1955-57, so its getting on a bit, although not as much as me!
the rest of the serial number is 08829 but up to yet not found a list of these numbers
regards
Geoff
Re: Shed Finds
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 6:58 pm
by redcat
You might find it here apparently if you register:
http://bsaog.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2587.0
Redcat
Re: Shed Finds
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:45 pm
by breacher
falco67 wrote:with regards to the paratrooper, how was the tube used? Was it just storage for pellets or can it be used to for the "Rapidfire" bit of its title somehow?
Looking at the BSA Cadet Major, I have found one article that dates the Serial Prefix "CC" to between 1955-1962 and another that suggest 1955-57, so its getting on a bit, although not as much as me!
the rest of the serial number is 08829 but up to yet not found a list of these numbers
regards
Geoff
The tube was a spring loaded tube mag.
At the end was a block with a hole in it. Upon breaking the barrel, the block rose allowing one pellet to enter the hole. The block dropped into place when the barrel was closed.