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| Accuracy | 9/10   |
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| Handling | 9.2/10 |
| Value for Money | 8.1/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 8.1/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8/10 |
Full review by
Guest.
on 21st Jun 2008
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i am a pro hunter and live on a farm i get called in from all over but my secret to success is the bsa hornet the best gun i have ever uses. Very accurateno recoilperfect for rabbits, pinions and all other vermin
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Review by
Guest.
on 20th Jan 2008
User Rating : 10
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Writing to give my opinion because I disagree with some of the comments I have read. I have owned a .22 hornet carbine for the last 4 years, it is very accurate with a healthy power output of 11.9ft lbs using air arms hunter. it places shot after shot through the same hole at 35 yds with no probs. I have had not one problem since the day I bought it. One thing I will say is that I don't recommend the bsa sas silencer, hope this helps you!
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Review by
Guest.
on 31st Dec 2007
User Rating : 7
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Good at short and long range, very point a bull guna, ideal for rabbits and peasant
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Review by
BrandonK
on 5th Nov 2007
User Rating : 9
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I shoot birds professionally with this rifle, and would recommend it to anyone. It is a dream to shoot, so simple and safe, plenty of accuracy to spare. I can easily take House Sparrows at 60 yards. Nice tight groups with the holes touching in most cases out to 40 yards. Wonderful rifle choice, I was not disappointed.
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Review by
jimmyjackson
on 25th Aug 2007
User Rating : 9
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Very good kills at long distance using predator .22 plts could come standard with a bigger silencer.
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Review by
gazzlerazzle
on 10th Apr 2007
User Rating : 2
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Plastic hammer housing swelled up and jammed in its cylinder
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Review by
lewismac1
on 16th Nov 2006
User Rating : 10
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The BSA Hornet is great for poping bunnies at 40 yards and can take down a pigeon no bother. I was surprised with the power in the gun and is very good with the shots per charge i get nearly 200 shots with my .22. I find Acupell Domeheads are most effective with quarry i hope this info. helps.
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Review by
stinger
on 27th Oct 2006
User Rating : 10
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This BSA Hornet gun is very quiet and very accurate. I have run a lot of pellets through it and Crosman Preimer is the most accurate. It is quite deadly on the grey squirrel here in the USA. I have the multi-shot. For hunting it's the best way to go. One hole groups are common at 30 yards. Hope this helps.
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Review by
045madmatt
on 16th Oct 2006
User Rating : 0
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I'm really happy some of you guys are enjoying your BSA Hornets, but make the most of them as when they go wrong, they are a total nightmare. I loved my Hornets when they were running fine but the first one packed up after 2 days and the second one packed up after 3 weeks, so I opted to have it repaired and had it totally striped and replace various seals and then tuned it for optimum performance. Then bugger me, that went wrong the same day I got it back, within 30 shots.
The only thing I c ...
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Review by
stormy
on 20th Jan 2006
User Rating : 10
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I bought the BSA Hornet after a Superstar (read previous report on that one) .22 cal, running H+N field target trophys at about 11.25ftlbs.
Amazing accuracy, single holers at 35 yards, and inch groups at 60! It has accounted for many rabbits and ferals, and has fired about 9000 shots with no problems so far. Precharged def the way to go, and BSA do it so well.....wish they made a .25 in this model!
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Review by
multishot
on 8th Jan 2006
User Rating : 3
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I bought the BSA Hornet could not wait to go hunting with it . Fired 30 shots off then air started hissing through barrel. Sent it back to BSA they fitted a new regulator. Got it back regulator is working fine but pellet groups very poor(shots scatterd over target). When I looked the barrel was slack(they had left the breech screws slack. Phoned BSA back again they told me how to take the gun to bits to get to the screws. What!! I've hardly had the gun forlong. Got screws tigntend, still bad ...
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Review by
john pierre
on 24th Dec 2005
User Rating : 10
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I love my BSA Hornet it's extremly accurate and easy to load. no hassle pumping it up or setting the sites to the guns full potential!
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Review by
rabbithunter
on 28th Nov 2005
User Rating : 9
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The BSA Hornet rifle has got to one of the best I have owned. At first with the free floating barrel I was a bit over protective, (in other words covering it with cotton wool as to say). But it is very durable as I found.
Zero this gun in at 30 yards, you will not miss a target from 15-45 yards.
The only complaint I have is the cocking of the next round of pellet.
A flick of the thumb to load the next round automatically,great. But the sound of metal on metal could surely have been elliminat ...
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Review by
phill2324
on 11th Sep 2005
User Rating : 9
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Had the .177 BSA Hornet carbine for about 8 weeks now,superb pcp for the price, very accurate,very reliable,enough air on a full charge to go hunting with,powerful ,put gun through chrono using Accupell showing 11.3ft lbs. At the gun club I use the 35 yard range hitting 1/2 inch targets- 9/10 the only time I miss is down to me not the gun.
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Review by
THE REAL YODA
on 19th Jul 2005
User Rating : 10
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Well what can I say, I purchased the .177 BSA Hornet K after two months of research, it was a toss up between the s400 and hornet and the hornet won.
And boy what an air rifle.
The main features I liked were the decocking feature. (hold down the cocking trigger then pull the trigger and release the cocking trigger slowly while holding down the trigger and the rifle is decocked) simple, the free floating barrel works a dream landing pellet after pellet on top of each other.
I've tried about 40 ...
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Review by
HornetB
on 29th Jun 2005
User Rating : 9
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Well, I've had my BSA Hornet for several weeks now and I'm most impressed so far. Mine is a single shot .22 rifle length FAC shooting at about 28ftp w/JSB Exacts. It took me a while before I finally made the decision on which rifle to buy but I have no regrets with choosing the hornet.
I was a bit nervous at first because of the lower purchase price when compared to other PCP's but now that I have used it for a while I have no concerns, it shoots as good as any other PCP, lets just hope it's ...
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Review by
NTG
on 15th Apr 2005
User Rating : 9
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My BSA Hornet is a 177-rifle length with a Swift 6-18x44 scope, B-square mounts and factory installed SAS moderator. This is my first PCP gun and I am very happy with it. It will put pellet on pellet at 25 to 30 yards. I have a BSA Lightning and shot some groups of three from 45 yards with both guns no scope elevation changes from my zero of 35 yards. The lightning had about a 1/2 inch drop with a 1 inch group and the Hornet had a 1 inch drop with a about 1/2 inch group. I use a FX hand pump to ...
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Review by
urabus
on 26th Sep 2004
User Rating : 10
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I've got the longer rifle version of the BSA Hornet. It's only about 2.5" or so longer than the K, and after a few months of ownership/field use, personally I don't think the handling/printability is in anyway compromised. It's also capable of 20+ more shots; all in all, I'm very happy with the purchase. I've got a 10l 300bar bottle, so charging is really as easy as pie. I've found the balance to be pretty much spot on, and I feel that it's more important than the actual weight of the rifle. Sho ...
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Review by
kirisute
on 31st Aug 2004
User Rating : 10
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Having been the proud owner of a BSA hornett for a few months now im happy to say my first few steps into the world of PCP rifles has been nothing short of a pleasure!
I changed to a Hornett from a BSA lightning and expected good things..having fiddled with a friends s400 to get the feel of pcp...but when I took my Hornett out into the field I was not prepeared for the awesome feel and handling of this beautiful piece of kit!
Loading the gun is simple..flick the release catch and the loading ...
kirisute's full review | 490 words
Review by
jamesf355
on 24th Aug 2004
User Rating : 10
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I recently took delivery of a BSA Hornet single shot after trading in my Air Arms S200. Nothing I thought could beat the S200 for accuracy, but I was wrong, very wrong!! So just how good is BSA's new PCP? The rifle now comes in three versions. Hornet Rifle, Carbine and multishot carbine. I opted for the single shot carbine. Loading is a doddle. Flick of a switch, push a pellet in to the breech and push the cocking mechanism under the end of the cylinder which I think is a piece of ingenious desi ...
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