BSA AirSporter S Full Stock Stutzen .177 Air Rifles

**MINT**Post 1979 BSA Airsporter ‘S’ Stutzen .177 Calibre Under Lever Air Rifle With ‘EP’ Prefix Serial Number. Sn 18236 - 18236

The BSA Airsporter S was introduced in 1979. EP prefix serial numbers denote .177 calibre (see page 59 of The Collector’s Guide To Air Rifles By Hiller). This is a near mint example of the Airsporter S in .177 calibre. The rifle measures 45” overall with a 19 ½” barrel. The rifle has an undamaged ¾ stutzen walnut stock with contoured cheek piece and rosewood fore end cap. The stock has finely chequered wrist panels for grip and is fitted with sling swivel lugs & rubber recoil pad the end of which bears the BSA piled arms logo. The weapon's barrel is stamped 'BSA Guns Ltd England (partially obscured by barrel band) .177 Cal' also with the BSA piled arms logo. The left side of the barrel is stamped with the correct EP prefix serial number 'EP 02322'. The bore is rifled barrel’s bore is clean. It has a shrouded ramp blade, fore sight, adjustable rear sight & telescopic sight grooves. The top of the air cylinder has the correct marking ‘BSA Airsporter S’. 1982 One Of One Thousand’. The weapon's metal work is in excellent undamaged condition and the original blue finish is excellent. The weapon loads and fires perfectly crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As a post 1939 air rifle the restrictions of the Crime Reduction Act apply to the sale and delivery of this item. Sn 18236

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£845