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| Accuracy | 8.4/10  |
|---|---|
| Handling | 7.6/10 |
| Value for Money | 7.4/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 7.2/10  |
By Lightning22
on 12th Jul 2005
| Accuracy | 9/10 |
|---|---|
| Handling | 8/10 |
| Value for money | 7/10 |
| Overall value | 8/10 |
 Lightning22's recommendation | |
Power capability
Accuracy
Finish
Multi-shot
Very smooth
Not a rifle for beginners
Heavy to carry all day (fit a sling)
Practice with hold needed to get the best from it
I bought my BSA Goldstar air rifle as a repair job, it had been used for professional pest control.
With a good strip, relube and careful screwing together it is a fully functioning tidy rifle.
Even before I polished and honed the internals it was a smooth rifle, now it's silky.
The magazine operates very well if used carefully and ensure that the locating rod is all the way home before closing the breech. It is possible to push the magazine rod too far out, I have fitted a small stop to prevent this happening. BSA will usually sort out problems with the magazines for free, try calling them before giving up on the rifle.
I find the handling good, a bit of front end bias can be useful on a springer. At the end of the day, it's an underlever rifle with twice as much metal hanging out the front as a breakbarrel.
A scope is essential on a rifle like this, you will need low mounts as the maxgrip scope rail lifts the scope higher than normal. Incidentally, if you are going to remove the whole piston assembly, you will need to also remove the scope rail to make this possible.
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golden478
on 4th Mar 2007