#Bsa lincoln jeffries air rifle 1909 full#

The Photos of the rare Adder box are thanks to the kind permission of George!. The thing is that the later Pylarm pellet was made by Kynock as mentioned earlier, so I don't know why BSA handed over production of their pellets to an outside company, when they had facilitys of their own.It has been mooted that the Pylarm was marketed alongside the BSA own brand.originally as a cheaper, but still high quality alternative.this may have been an example of an own goal, as the BSA brand disappeared over time, whereas the Pylarm continued through to the 1980's! the one that BSA supplied with the guns, and that retailers would be expected to promote.Unfortunately, I do not have an example of an Adder box, but, looking in period BSA brochures, the pack graphics seem to be remarkably similar to the early BSA branded pellets, so I would presume that the marketing department swung into action (BSA were masters of advertising at the time), and recommended that the Adder pellet be branded BSA. One of this great firms earliest products was the 'Witton' pellet, which BSA tested and recommended at an early stage as suitable for use in it's new guns.(Kynock also made the later 'Wasp' and 'Pylarm' pellets).Д«SA also in their early brochures promoted the 'Adder' pellet, which was actually made at the Adderley Park rolling mills (bought by BSA back in 1878 to fulfil a huge military cartridge order) and this was considered the 'standard' pellet ie. Waisted diabolo shaped pellets (which we are all familiar with now) appeared on the market.These were made by various firms in the West Midlands, Kynock of Birmingham being one of the main suppliers to many firms, who then in turn repackaged them in their own branded boxes and tins.

#Bsa lincoln jeffries air rifle 1909 full#

Engineering is engineering, and the accuracy of the dies used in those days was up to the standard of the rest of the gun.In fact in those early days the standard of 'normal' air rifle ammunition was pretty woeful, most being simple cast hollow slugs of fairly poor quality.This was not an issue with the smooth bore Gem types and similar offerings of the time, as most people accepted poor accuracy and short range as the norm from air guns of the period.Д«ut the new precision built and accurately rifled Lincoln / BSA guns needed quality ammunition to give their full potential, and so, many people and companies turned their attention to providing a higher quality pellet to let these new guns utilise their full potential.

The answer to the latter being very well actually, with the dimensional tolerances of even pellets made before the Great War being comparable to modern offerings. It is also possible to still come across contemporary pellet boxes and tins to display with your old guns, or even to see how they shoot with the original period ammunition. Luckily, some do survive, and there are some fantastic examples to be seen on this site which provide very interesting reference for us BSA fans! and any paperwork and related hang tags etc. The rarest and hardest to find accessories for these old guns are probably original cleaning rods, spanners and sight protectors.