BSA GOLDSTAR Review

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BSA GOLDSTAR
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golden478's Review of BSA GOLDSTAR

3rd Mar 2007

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Handling
    4.5 stars
  • Accuracy
    3.5 stars
Good Points

Multi-shot
Not too heavy
Can be fitted with gas strutt


Bad Points

Too loud
Too much recoil
5 shot groups to big with spring power
Pellet fussy


General Comments

I decided to fit a gas strutt, BSA Goldstar .177. This is my first air rifle, don't know much about the workings. There are 4 spacers and 4 washers to take out (Goldstar only BSA that has spacers) to fit the strutt. The last one was difficult to get at so I took the piston out, (big mistake) now the trigger and underlever overtravel which indexes the magazine has to be reset. You have to bring the compression cylinder down to make contact with the trigger sear and feed the piston in, holding the trigger on fire and pushing the trigger locking plate forward towards the muzzle, while knocking the piston past the sear. To do this you have to dismantle the cocking lever and safety rod that is attached to the trigger locking plate and cocking lever. The trouble is the compression cylinder won't go past the maxigrip scope rail lugs, it's about another 2 inches to the trigger sear. I've tried to lever the scope rail up but it won't budge, I've tried to knock the pin in but it won't move. I've e-mailed BSA 1.3.07 still waiting, if I hear from them at all. Some of you goldstar owners must have had the piston out to renew the piston seal, did you have to remove (or lever up) the scope rail to bring the compression cylinder down to the sear, if so, how did you do it? I don't want to mess things up more than I have done already, would appreciate your knowledge on this, thanks, Brian (uk)

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  • cjh28 on 11th Oct 2007

    Hi, not sure whether you have solved your gas strut fitting problem, but I have a Goldstar with gas strut as well, and have recently just reconditioned it. The scope rail does cause a problem when removing and reinserting the piston assembly etc. I found that ideally the whole assembly should slide on out as long as you have made sure the trigger latch isn't holding it. But I found that I had to carefully knock the scope rail backwards about a 1 cm then it will easily lift off, making sure you remove the bolt before hand. After doing that the piston etc should slide out with no problems. One other issue that I found was that my gas strut had to be fitted without using the internal spring guide and that the rear of the strut itself which has the washer bolted on is a slightly smaller diameter than the gun, which doesn't seem to cause a problem however if I were to redo it again I would either replace the washer for one of the correct diameter or use some other means to make sure that it is help central. This may not effect you since my gas strut is pretty old and Theoben might have redesigned it. Anyway hope this was of some help let me know if you have any other problems - chris