BSA SuperTEN back to life

[Jirushi]

With great thanks to the Northwest Airguns vids on Youtube.
I bought this Mk1 cheap. Had a fun afternoon repairing it. Now with a Mk3 stock and 200 cc buddy bottle.
Any other S10 users on here? Such accurate guns, and built like a tank.
Cheers, Louis

[rkr]

That's really a nice one, wouldn't mind having one in my collection.

[WildCJ5]

I have always wanted one of the early SuperTens. One day. Beautiful rifle.

[PeruvianHunter]

What a beautiful PCP and very accurate for sure.
I have seen a friend of mine hunt pigeons  at 100 meters without problems with a SuperTen

[Jirushi]

Thank you @rkr, @WildCJ5, @PeruvianHunter.

My best hunting so far has been with my Bowkett tuned S10. I stupidly sold it. It was doing about 30 ft/lbs in .22. So accurate and reliable.

100 meters, that is impressive. Beyond my abilities and comfort zone lol.

@rkr, can you get them in Finland? There are a few in Holland but many in the UK.
I am now struggling to get a .177 one right. Setting the reg pressure right and also the hammer spring strength... I have taken it apart and put back together so many times, it's really frustrating!

[rkr]

Thank you @rkr, @WildCJ5, @PeruvianHunter.

My best hunting so far has been with my Bowkett tuned S10. I stupidly sold it. It was doing about 30 ft/lbs in .22. So accurate and reliable.

100 meters, that is impressive. Beyond my abilities and comfort zone lol.

@rkr, can you get them in Finland? There are a few in Holland but many in the UK.
I am now struggling to get a .177 one right. Setting the reg pressure right and also the hammer spring strength... I have taken it apart and put back together so many times, it's really frustrating!

There are probably few here in Finland but I know of only one example. They don't come up for sale either. Easiest would be to buy one from UK but the problem is finding a RFD that will ship them abroad, I don't think there are any currently. You could contact Rancidtom at http://airgunclinic.co.uk/ he specializes in S10s and is a very nice chap to deal with.

[DonC]

I bought one in the late 90's. Best .22 caliber ever. It has a hammer forged barrel and incredible accuracy. I just sent it to Will Piatt for repairs. I'll never sell it. Mine has a aftermarket skinney reservoir and Stalker (UK) stock. Stalker was a company that equipped the Super 10 with thumbhole stock and skinney reservoir instead of the bottle.

[Jirushi]

I bought one in the late 90's. Best .22 caliber ever. It has a hammer forged barrel and incredible accuracy. I just sent it to Will Piatt for repairs. I'll never sell it. Mine has a aftermarket skinney reservoir and Stalker (UK) stock. Stalker was a company that equipped the Super 10 with thumbhole stock and skinney reservoir instead of the bottle.

Hi DonC that sounds like a very tasty example. I remember seeing an S10 in a Stalker stock with skinny tube on John Bowkett's fanpage on FB. Very nice indeed. Yes those barrels are incredible. It also has to do with the (tight) choke. The S10 just gives a lot of confidence to the shooter; also with its compact mass, it just sits dead still on aim.

[YEMX]

The finished build is my dream SuperTEN as well.  Beautiful!  Great work!! 

[Crank]

Louis,

Nice work and someone that has similar tastes! I have a .22 MKIII bull barrel that I performed similar surgery to. The only difference is that I added a quick-fill unit from Dr. Bob's Gunbits to eliminate the nuisance of bottle removal. If I remember, I'll take a picture of it in its current configuration. I only have images of the initial chop job on a post on the AGN forum.

I just received a .177 MKII in the same configuration as yours started and have another small format in mind, but I will be trying a different approach for the quick-fill. I'll share the details once I have the part in hand to see if my idea is viable.

The addition of the MKIII stock really dresses it up and I wish I could locate one around here to follow your lead. I'll look forward to hearing how it does and I notice that you are using the new style magazines. Did you modify the magazines or delete the indexing mechanism from the gun?

Mark

[KiwiStu]

Just scored myself BSA super 10 mk1 not been used in about 15 years so I need to strip down and get it running I think it’s 12ft/lb model but might want to increase to fac
Anyone on here done that I also need to get O’ring specifications anyone know what they are I’m in New Zealand and if I had specs could get the here.
Cheer’s
Stu

[ranchibi]

Beautiful Super Ten! Very nice rebuild....did you put a reg in it!?