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Ace

Post subject: BSA Airsporter revival

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:51 pm

Joined: Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:46 am
Posts: 5705

was sent a couple repair jobs and this is the first one, a BSA airsporter
it came with just the action no stock, and right from the start there was some
bad kinks in the cocking slide section of the tube, after a quick disassembling of the back cap
it was obvious the piston was not coming out without a fight... :lol:

pictures will tell the story of this repair job.... :wink:

Nice hot mess...

piston finally made its way out and yes you guessed it, not good either

looks like someone tried to fix a crack or something

made a new washer and spacer

polished both spring ends, all cleaned up and ready for some moly...

after fixing the kinks in the tube and moly lubing everything I tried
to put the piston back and it was still not moving properly so I pulled
it back out and noticed the aluminum piston head was binding somewhere
in the tube I think it was not aligned properly so took a couple thou of the
head assembly and now it went in much better....

Delrin Top-Hat wasn't in very good shape either

fixed the kinks and put here back together and she's alive again...

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Dukemeister

Post subject: Re: BSA Airsporter revival

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:34 pm

Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:17 pm
Posts: 4163
Location: Kingston, ON

It's great to see the oldies brought back to life. :drinkers:

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YepYep

Post subject: Re: BSA Airsporter revival

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:17 pm

Joined: Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:01 pm
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Location: GTA, ON

Well! That's amazing job done so well ~ I didn't think that's repairable... :eek:

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Edmonton<500

Post subject: Re: BSA Airsporter revival

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:25 pm

Joined: Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:15 am
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Nabil Warda

Post subject: Re: BSA Airsporter revival

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:23 pm

Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:24 pm
Posts: 14
Location: Brossard, Québec

Great job, Mario!

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lauchlin

Post subject: Re: BSA Airsporter revival

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:31 pm

Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:52 pm
Posts: 8865
Location: Vancouver Island BC

It is nice to see a Airgun that old again

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