bsa scorpion

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bsa scorpion

#1 Post by jonny1o1 »

is it any good and what velocity
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#2 Post by edholton »

it is basicly a cut down metor rifle...not very common
so i dought anyone here has one....would be as reliable as the rifle...it is very large as pistols go!
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#3 Post by lauchlin »

I have a shadow which is a scorpion on a rilfe stock well made .it was shooting around 470 fps with crosmans .

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#4 Post by edholton »

bottom gun is a buccaneer is it not?
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#5 Post by TCooper »

Did you mean to say the Buccaneer is built on the Scorpion?

I tried a Buccaneer back in 1980 and thought they were a slick rifle for plinking. Kinda unique in design.

http://www.vintageairguns.co.uk/goodies ... ry-1&pic=5

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#6 Post by edholton »

hi todd..no the bucaneer is a whole different animal!
it is a carbine....longer barrel and evrything that a scorpion!(to my knowlage)
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#7 Post by TCooper »

Hi Ed,

Are you saying the Scorpion and Buccaneer do not share the same receiver tube? I always thought they were built on the same tube, but I could be wrong. The stocks and barrel lengths are obviously different but the tubes and guts might be the same. No?

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#8 Post by TCooper »

A few pics of the old BSAs.

BSA Scorpion
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BSA Buccaneer
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BSA Buccaneer in box
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BSA Buccaneer (notice short receiver tube)
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#9 Post by lauchlin »

well i had to go dig it out and it called a shadow and it was based on the scorpion .i have a osprey its a webly side lever .to many airguns not a enough sleep. And they were made at the same time as the Buccaneer
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#10 Post by cfraser »

Ooooo, me much likee the looks of that Buccaneer!
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#11 Post by Boing-whap »

I had a 22 with missing cocking aid, shot in the 365fps, They are a larger gun and very solid. I sold that one, but know of a 177 in box w/ cocking aid, probably expensive, these are collector guns.
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#12 Post by edholton »

TCooper wrote:Hi Ed,

Are you saying the Scorpion and Buccaneer do not share the same receiver tube? I always thought they were built on the same tube, but I could be wrong. The stocks and barrel lengths are obviously different but the tubes and guts might be the same. No?

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no todd they are the same tube that i know of.
love to find a bucaneer in 22.
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#13 Post by edholton »

lauchlin wrote:well i had to go dig it out and it called a shadow and it was based on the scorpion .i have a osprey its a webly side lever .to many airguns not a enough sleep. And they were made at the same time as the Buccaneer
what cal is your osprey?
how fast does it shoot?
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Re: bsa scorpion

#14 Post by OzzieM »

jonny1o1 wrote:is it any good and what velocity
My .177 Scorpion is 27 years old and still functions well. Recently I had a new spring, trigger and barrel seal installed. I don't have velocity numbers but will say that it is a very hard hitting pistol - pellets shot against a solid piece of steel totally disintegrate. I have learned to shoot well with it - aside from occasional fliers I manage 25 mm groups of 5 at 8 m distance, on good days. The fliers are my problem, the pistol performs as consistent as my hold of it is.

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#15 Post by lauchlin »

edholton wrote:
lauchlin wrote:well i had to go dig it out and it called a shadow and it was based on the scorpion .i have a osprey its a webly side lever .to many airguns not a enough sleep. And they were made at the same time as the Buccaneer
what cal is your osprey?
how fast does it shoot?
my osprey is 177 cal i think they shoot around 700 fps

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