Well so much for brand new BSA mk2 .....

Mark, PA was not very forthcoming about accepting the fact that there was an issue with these guns. At least when I contacted them, maybe their opinion has changed by now?

I have a feeling that the vast majority of the rifles were/are just fine. I have been spending a little time the past week dialing mine in and it's spectacular.

Yep, it was well worth the time and effort to change out all the seals. The gun is fantastic. At least compared with my RWS and Gamo.

100% agree with you Ken. I put a 16x Centerpoint on mine (decent scope for the price I paid) but this rifle deserves an optics upgrade. I did a little more tweaking to the tune and have it shooting the 15.89 JSB's at average 876fps for 50 shots with an extreme spread of 15. ES of 13 if I take out the low shot of 868 in the middle of the string (bad pellet? - all taken straight from the tin). This is with the factory regulator. It will put all of those pellets on a quarter @ 50yds. It can do 10 shot nickle size groups on a calm day. So happy I bought this rifle.