BSA Meteor Black Doff 30$, is it a steal?

[lasergangers]

I found a BSA Meteor from someone selling it on my local marketplace.

Says it's still working perfectly. What do I need to restore this gun? It looks good and is very cheap for its price! Also, is it a steal?

 

[JohnL57]

I think I would not get that one, the barrel could be rusty inside, the rust on the outside of the barrel is a bad sign. Without being able to look down the bore to see if the rifling is good you might be throwing your money away. $30 for that gun is probably a fair price, not a steal. For your first gun I recommend you get one in good condition-you will have enough to do learning to shoot well without having to rebuild the gun to get started. Keep looking!

John

 

[MMCM13]

Do a search on the pyramid air blog for the meteor, I think there is a multipart blog about the Meteor and its various iterations 

 

[lasergangers]

I live in Indonesia and most import air rifles here are banned, and even if it wasn't the import tax is gonna be 200$+ and you have to be in PERBAKIN. So, most guns here are locally made. Anyways, is there any way to remove the rust from the rifling if it is possible?

 

[John "spysir" Blount]

Buy it! Being as you are not in the U.S. ready willing and able to spend a bunch of cash on any ole airgun you might like I say grab it fast.

Was a pretty darn fine airgun and one way or another it might (hopefully) be so again.. Parts can still be obtained but you really do need to see exactly what condition it is in ( buy anyway).

Never tried this on an airgun and naturally you would still polish the barrel bore - chrome polish or ???- , were the crown ruined remember you only need 10" or so.



John



keep us posted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_6PgjBH5EU 

 

[Bob-in-WV]

Looks like a fun project. I have resurrected a few in that kind of shape. take it apart and soak it in oil, dry off and use a wire brush on a bench grinder, It will clean up nice. If the bore is rusty, soak in Kroil or some rust penetrate for a couple days then get a .177 wire brush and rod and clean the heck out of it.

Good luck,

Bob in WV

 

[Brazos]

If I saw in in the USA for $30 I would buy it even if it didn't work.

 

[Guest]

The OP's gun looks more like a BSA Mercury to me rather than a Meteor..

This is a Meteor..

The Mercury, Like yours has a more curved, graceful end to the trigger block and is a much better rifle than the Meteor in my opinion 

John 

 

[lasergangers]

Thanks a lot for the response! 

I'm not sure whether I should try electrolysis rust removal or using rust penetrate as pointed out by Mr. Bob.

Anyways, I found a new airgun..

this variable pump gun costs 15$ more, no recoil (duh!) and is brand new. I'm thinking whether I should buy this gun instead of the rusty one.

 

[dark1961]

If you don't think it will work, I'll give $40 for it