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| Accuracy | 8.4/10  |
|---|---|
| Handling | 7.6/10 |
| Value for Money | 7.4/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 7.3/10  |
Full review by
Guest.
on 20th Jan 2008
User Rating : 9
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Good Points: accuracy, longetivity
Bad Points: magazine
General comments: This is a fine rifle, I bought mine second hand over 12 years ago. In this time the rifle has done me proud. Many a rabbit has fallen to the goldstar which is good up to 40 or so yards. The mag has been a bit of a pain but a friend put it through an ultrasonic oil parts bath and it seems to have a new lease of life.
My advise would be to take the rifle to a range or legal shoot and get to know the sounds and visuals of the magazine when it loads and indexes. I know if mine fails so i dont dry fire.
Its quite heavy but in my opinon thats a good thing, the woodwork is lovely and the rifle is well finished by fine engineering. Long live BSA!
Guest.'s review and ratings | 138 words
Review by
golden478
on 15th Oct 2007
User Rating : 8
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Which pellets shoot best in yours Chris, I've tried 6 different makes but can't often get 5 in a 1/2" group, RWS Superpoints seem to be the best so far. You won't have any trouble fitting a gas strutt as long as you don't take the piston cylinder out, the spigot needs to be filed flat on the retaining pin and that's it, just re-assemble. Where I went wrong was, because I couldn't get the last spacer and washer out I took the cylinder out to get at them, then when I re-assembled it the indexing w ...
golden478's full review | 323 words
Review by
golden478
on 3rd Mar 2007
User Rating : 8
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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 ...
golden478's full review | 281 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
Lightning22
on 12th Jul 2005
User Rating : 8
Respect :
+1
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 ...
Lightning22's full review | 233 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
cuimhin
on 27th Nov 2003
User Rating : 9
Respect :
-1
very reliable
cuimhin's full review | 79 words
Review by
twill.
on 18th May 2003
User Rating : 0
Respect :
-3
my goldstar has a theoben gas ram fitted and it is bang on the legal limit. it is powerfull and
can make half inch groups at thirty yards the gun
is quite fussy with some pellets but seems to like
hn pellets
twill.'s full review | 54 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
Doobin.
on 17th Mar 2003
User Rating : 6
Respect :
-33
I bought the BSA Goldstar primarily for it's repeating function- the 10-shot magazine. Now I wish I hadn't. Quite simply, the magazine is the worst-designed piece of cr*p that I have ever had the misfortune to encounter.
Everything else about the rifle is fine- it looks gorgeous, and is incredibly accurate. It's plenty powerful enough to deal death to rabbits and other assorted small vermin at up to 40 yards.
However, the magazine lets the rifle down. Basically, it's a slot-in rotary ma ...
Doobin.'s full review | 316 words | 8 comments added.
Review by
Japstick.
on 15th Mar 2002
User Rating : 8
Respect :
-2
Open sights on the BSA Goldstar air rifle are good although you really should have a telescopic to make use of this tool. It is the most powerful airgun i have had, a ruff test seems to be how far away it can put a pellet through a pellet tin lid. The scope rails are a very good attachment for scopes.
The mag is made from soft black plastic and thin aluminium. If you don't have the magazine all the way into the port and then try to move the cocking lever forward you'll find that you've put a d ...
Japstick.'s full review | 309 words
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