Mark 1 (1959–1962): Prefixes N or T on the serial number.
BSA Meteor, break barrel spring powered rifle first made in Birmingham, UK, in 1959 by The Birmingham Small Arms Company and the first BSA air rifle engineered to fit a telescopic sight. It is one of the world’s bestselling air weapons with over 2 million sold worldwide.
Marketed as an introductory rifle for plinking, hunting and firearm training as a replacement for the BSA Cadet.
The spring and piston are compressed by breaking the barrel through 125° before loading a pellet directly into the breach. The barrel is then returned into place and secured with a detent lock.
The single-stage trigger is adjustable for pressure.
The sights are metal with the front sight being able to be unscrewed lifted and turned from a bead to a blade and the rear adjustable sight is missing.
The cylinder has two shallow grooves to accept a telescopic sight. The top of the barrel is stamped ‘BSA GUNS LTD ENGLAND’ followed by a BSA piled arms symbol and the air chamber is stamped ‘BSA METEOR’ to the fore of the scope grooves. The serial No N25837 is on the underside of the action.
The rifle stock is in very good condition.
The metalwork has lost much of its blueing.
Shoots fine.
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