I like that Langenham.
Quote from: KWK on September 18, 2022, 02:29:36 PMI like that Langenham.Way too many pics. Lol. One of the nicest prewar rifles I own.
Quote from: 45flint on September 18, 2022, 02:36:47 PMQuote from: KWK on September 18, 2022, 02:29:36 PMI like that Langenham.Way too many pics. Lol. One of the nicest prewar rifles I own.That's a handsome rifle.An Original V millita style with a different trigger block and full length stock? ..........For the dyslexic airgunners, I did not say militia!
Beautiful buys! I too look forward to hearing how they shoot. Always curious how they compare to their contemporaries too.
Quote from: CaptJ on September 18, 2022, 09:15:05 PMBeautiful buys! I too look forward to hearing how they shoot. Always curious how they compare to their contemporaries too. Chronied the XX and its at 8.5 FPE in 22. That is hitting pretty hard for the era. Not sure I have any prewar rifle hitting harder? Extremely accurate and was zeroed in right from the start. The fine bead and back sight are as well machined as any rifle I have. Makes for a excellent shooting rifle. It could very well have been the finest rifle of its day?
Quote from: 45flint on September 20, 2022, 07:09:21 AMQuote from: CaptJ on September 18, 2022, 09:15:05 PMBeautiful buys! I too look forward to hearing how they shoot. Always curious how they compare to their contemporaries too. Chronied the XX and its at 8.5 FPE in 22. That is hitting pretty hard for the era. Not sure I have any prewar rifle hitting harder? Extremely accurate and was zeroed in right from the start. The fine bead and back sight are as well machined as any rifle I have. Makes for a excellent shooting rifle. It could very well have been the finest rifle of its day? The last 1906 BSA Air Rifle I rebuilt makes 8.6 and it has some issues in the cylinder bore. I'll have to chrono some of my BSA prewar (Pre WWI) Sporting patterns. I think I can get 10 or11. Pretty sure a 1919- 39 Long Tom can do it as well. You would think I would have done this already, but.......
A couple things:1. That side-release Original V in the catalog was available in "other calibers on request", and options included a 2-stage trigger or DST.2. As to power output for old BSA's, years ago I chrono'd two minty ones. A pre-WWI 'Standard' .22 as-received made 10 ft-lb with Meisterkugeln, and a post-WWI 'Standard' .22 that I cleaned and re-lubed made 11 ft-lb with Hobbys. A couple other well-used examples were much lower.Don R.
I've seen dual replacement springs in BSA underlevers that are so stiff that the gun is very hard to cock. That's way too hard on the linkage. I just took them out and shelfed them. HW50 springs are about right. Airsporter/Mercury springs are good too. Good for the 45 inch Sporting patterns and Long Toms. Cut a few coils off for a 43 1/2 inch gun. There shouldn't be too much preload to screw the back block on without much effort. Same for light and ladies pattern (39" guns). You have to be specific when mentioning a "Standard". That meant 6 or more different models depending on the era. The first "Standards" were 43 inch .177. You only had the Ladies model .177 and the Standard size 43" .177 at that time.See the rearsight on the Langenham? That "turret" sight is BSA copied. Everybody copied it. It first appeared on a BSA 22 rimfire before BSA used it on their 1919 and later underlevers. Eventually it appeared (slight changes)on the MkI Airsporter and Cadet Major.The first sight like this was the "Cash Register" sight on the 1904 Lincoln Jeffries "H the Lincoln" and 1906 "BSA Air Rifle". Later enlarged to the No. 10 as seen on the Improved Model D's. Then updated again for 1919. That's the version so often copied. I think the last gun to use it (very similar version) was the MkIII Webley up till 1975.