Trunk space

[DelGue]

I thoight the trunk on the z3 was pretty good size for a small car, until yesterday. I found out my fencing bag was this much __________________ too long to fit in it, lol. So, I had a passenger up front with me. There was plenty of room for my masks and other gear, maybe I can put my foils and sabers in without the bag...

 

[Jack Ratt]

When I first got my Zed I found that I couldn't get my air rifle in the trunk (boot here in the UK) so had to have it in the passenger seat well

 

[t-tony]

My BSA Airsporter being solid barrel (under lever type) wouldn’t go in mine either, haven’t tried it in the Z4 yet.

Tony.

 

[Jack Ratt]

My BSA Airsporter being solid barrel (under lever type) wouldn’t go in mine either, haven’t tried it in the Z4 yet.

Tony.

Which one do you have Tony, I've got a 1955 Mk 1 in my collection

 

[t-tony]

Not sure tbh mate, i bought it 2nd hand from a shop in Gainsborough with my first weeks wage back in 1972. I've also got 2 BSA .177 breaking barrel type which I think wee called "Cadettes"?.
I also have a Webley .22 pistol. This one lives in my bedside cabinet with "one up the spout" just needing the barrel to be "loaded" because you never know . . . .

Tony.

 

[DelGue]

Whenever I go shooting or hunting, I take the wife's SUV. Plenty of room for the .30-.06 or shotgun!

 

[Jack Ratt]

Not sure tbh mate, i bought it 2nd hand from a shop in Gainsborough with my first weeks wage back in 1972. I've also got 2 BSA .177 breaking barrel type which I think wee called "Cadettes"?.
I also have a Webley .22 pistol. This one lives in my bedside cabinet with "one up the spout" just needing the barrel to be "loaded" because you never know . . . .

Tony.

Let me know the first 2 letters of the serial number and I can look it up for you. I used to have a Mk2 but sold it to Jill's brother along with a BSA Mercury. Currently I've only got the one BSA, 4 x Weihrauch's and 4 x Original (formally Diana) Model 50's

 

[DelGue]

The good news is that I got 30 mpg on my trip to fencing, at 70 mph average speed. Better than I had expected,

 

[Nodzed]

2 of us been camping in a Z3 (loads of room ) at vanity. Had to go without the tin of beans for breaky though.

 

[t-tony]

Let me know the first 2 letters of the serial number and I can look it up for you. I used to have a Mk2 but sold it to Jill's brother along with a BSA Mercury. Currently I've only got the one BSA, 4 x Weihrauch's and 4 x Original (formally Diana) Model 50's

These are mine Garry. The only number I could see was on the underside of that barrel.

Airsporter top and Cadette bottom.

I have 2 of the 177 Cadettes.
This is my 22 Webley.

Tony.

 

[Sean d]

Which one do you have Tony, I've got a 1955 Mk 1 in my collection

This was my weapon of choice, airarms s410 carbine, 10 shot precharge, I do have an old break barrell in the outhouse somewhere, think it's a foreign make, it's got a black stock and silver barrel

 

[Sean d]

These are mine Garry. The only number I could see was on the underside of that barrel.
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Airsporter top and Cadette bottom.
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I have 2 of the 177 Cadettes.
This is my 22 Webley.
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Tony.

My very first rifle was a BSA meteor, got it from my mams catalogue and was paying for it out of my pocket money, the police confiscated it after I had owned it for 3 weeks, trespassing with a firearm,

 

[Jack Ratt]

@t-tony your airsporter is a Mk VI, calibre 0.22 and made between 1979 and 1983.

 

[t-tony]

It can't be mate I bought it early 70's.

Tony.

 

[Jack Ratt]

It can't be mate I bought it early 70's.
Tony.

You must be a time traveller then mate or your memory is playing tricks with you.

These are BSA Airsporter serial number prefixes 1948 to 1986.

G Airsporter MK I .22 1948 - 1954
GA Airsporter MK I .22 1954 - 1958
GB Airsporter MK I .22 1956 - 1958
GC Airsporter MK I & Transitional to MK II.22 1958 - 1959
GD Airsporter MK II .22 1959 - 1965
GE Airsporter MK II .22 1965 - 1967
GF Airsporter MK II .22 1967 - 1968
GG Airsporter MK III .22 1968 - 1969
GI Airsporter MK IV .22 1969 - 1971
GJ Airsporter MK V .22 1971 - 1974
GK Airsporter MK VI .22 1974 - 1979
GL Airsporter MK VI .22 1979 - 1983
GM Airsporter 'S' MK I .22 1979 -1983
GN Airsporter MK VII .22 1983 - 1986
GP Airsporter 'S' MK II .22 1985 - 1986
GR Airsporter Stutzen + Carbine .22 1985 - 1986

 

[t-tony]

That's really strange mate, I know I wasn't on the mushrooms then Do you know if the small rifles were the Cadette model?

Tony.

 

[Jack Ratt]

They certainly look like Cadet's. Here are the Cadet details

A Cadet .177 1945 - 1946
B Cadet .177 1946 - 1947
BA Cadet .177 1947 - 1951
BC Cadet .177 1951 - 1962
C Cadet Major .177 1947 - 1949
CA Cadet Major .177 1949 - 1955
CC Cadet Major .177 1955 - 1962

 

[t-tony]

Will there be a similar number on those mate, in the same place? I'm going to have them all out in the garage tomorrow and apply some 3 in 1 oil. The Airsporter felt very tight when I "cocked" it earlier, and I haven't used any of them for a good few years.

Tony.

ps. Tom, @DelGue apologies for hijacking your "Boot" thread mate.

 

[Jack Ratt]

On a lot of early air rifles you had to remove the mechanism from the stock to read the serial number. They weren't always marked in the same place either

 

[t-tony]

Cheers for that, I'll remove the stocks if need be. I think one is considerably older than the other. And, they have proper screws in them with a slot across the top

Tony.