BSA Airsporter Restoration at Dave Welham's Workshop (AirMasters88)

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Ghostmaker1970

14 жыл бұрын

Video at Dave's Workshop restoring the BSA Airsporter I just got.

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@558vulcanxh 9 жыл бұрын

This would have been a nice air rifle , but the way Dave treats this fine piece of precision machinery he will do more damage than repairs. Never seen anything as rough in all my life. Never rest a rifle on its rear sight !!!!!!!!! or use a vice bare on the cylinder !!!!!!! I have two Airsporters of my own and with a little patience, the trigger block can be unscrewed by putting a bar in the hole in the block put there for the purpose,having an assistant hold the cylinder with both hands and tapping the end of the bar with a hammer. Been doing this since 1958 so am speaking from experience.

@anthonyshoto1724 9 жыл бұрын

Crash, bang, wallop ! 😂

@notwocdivad 7 жыл бұрын

Just done the same job on mine only, thick padding in the vice, parts placed in bins not thrown willy nilly, piston removed without hammering, (lucky on that one I guess?) All parts cleaned and de greased with solvent, piston gone over with 240 then 400 grit w& d NO MACHINES USED, only hands and elbow grease, then metal to metal bits polished with Solvol. Air chamber polished but still to have a light glaze busting while waiting for spare parts. Should have videoed it really DOH!!!

@sargeruey 7 жыл бұрын

i just got hold of one and need to strip it can you help with advice please Mr

@davidcowton1070 7 жыл бұрын

Roosterdebooster Hi, Congratulations on getting an Airsporter. Treat it like you would your wife or girlfriend, Gently! As I said in my comment, soft jaws in the vice or some type of padding. to loosen the back block find the best fitting lmplement you can for the hole in the block, and give it a sharp rap, it's a normal handed thread. Ne mine was loosened i put it in a Workmate clamping the barrel and with plenty padding between me an the back block unscrewed it til it came out, luckily not much pre load. After that pull out the spring and push out the piston, once again i was lucky mine came straight out with a push of a wooden dowel. after that it was wet and dry paper 240, 400, and 800 grit then finally Solvol polish. Hope this helps, pretty straight forward, just take your time and treat it like eggs!! good luck

@sargeruey 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir . ive manage to strip her down ;) to the point of ready to removing trigger block i have seena jig from another video that can be made from wood to go over the alloy block and push donw with body weight and unsrew . i just made a nobulie error and half pushed the pellet loader out i dont want to force it back in any idea please :/ and how much load is on hte spring is ther another way of safely unscrewing the action from trigger block thanks for the Rapid reply you just made my day sir :D and forgive me it was your video i saw the jig used clever idea that matey :)

@sargeruey 7 жыл бұрын

Got her stripped and new parts ordered . just rubbing her down and ready to blue her thanks chief.

@davidcowton1070 7 жыл бұрын

notwocdivad no sweat pal, Chambers good for spare parts if your stuck. shoot safe.

@palmer3977 14 жыл бұрын

awesome gun mate i used 3 have a bsa airsporter s about 22 yrs ago i loved it the airsporter s model had a walnut stock with cross hatching in the hand & fore grip

@jeffiow 9 жыл бұрын

If you treated my BSA airsporter in that way i would have been disgusted, you have no clue how to treat a presision instument.

@paulregan6257 Жыл бұрын

I had a late model Airsporter with a 4 x 32 scope , always used Ealy wasps 5.6 mm pellets great weapon

@GarryThomassaltyreefers 14 жыл бұрын

Brings back many memories from my childhood and teenage years with many bsa's

@hamidjan9163 Жыл бұрын

hello there .. hope so u will be OK :) I HAVE QUESTON how did u put back that piston in the Gun ??????

@notwocdivad 3 жыл бұрын

3;12 REMOVED the soft padding before putting cylinder into bare vice jaws THEN dogged it down tight, good way to get an oval cylinder?

@georgeramsden4953 10 жыл бұрын

Iv got an airSporter love it thinking of getting a HW80k to start my collection f0ck PCP spring for life

@olilump 10 жыл бұрын

Malc, have you done anything with the Airsporter recently? Have just acquired a Mk6 of my own and am tearing it down at the moment. Have you done anymore videos on this?

@brybish 14 жыл бұрын

nice video guys thank for the heads up on removing the back end. my airsporter s is ok but i had a wd40 moment with my mercury so the seal's have gone look forward to part 2 oh and the workshop is how i like to see them used.

@deanmorriss7184 8 жыл бұрын

Hi my air sporter won't fire after being cocked takes a lot of cocking as well looks like my loading port has been home made compared to the one on yours maybe someone could help cheers Dean

@davidgiardina4080 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah gunsmith, if a had no hands and feet I would try to fix it with my teeth rather than take it there. Bdw now the rifle needs some new bluing.

@JbProject98 13 жыл бұрын

recently bought a BSA airsporter, £155 for local arms dealer, extremely impressed.

@ianwomack4198 11 жыл бұрын

Cheers for quick reply malc will watch out for it thanks alot IAN

@Metura1 13 жыл бұрын

@NaDunta1 'I totally agree with you. This is absolutely not the right way to restore any (air)gun. Most respected or not GM'70,not using the rubber plate in the workbench, rough handling. Removing the piston by hammering and an pliers(!!!!??) grinding on the piston,(!!!??) . Use the lathe! Damaging the blueing by hitting the bench and the aircilinder (!!??). Please use some towels for not damaging the rifle if you hit the shafts, etc. Anyway, it doesn't looks professional....

@TamrynRimfire 14 жыл бұрын

Great Video Ghosty 5* & a Fav from me. Tam

@easybeat 12 жыл бұрын

I've got a .22 Airsporter, about 40 years old now. The piston had completely seized and I had to use brute-force methods to dismantle it. Got the parts I needed for under £20.00 and it seems OK now. Getting the mainspring back in took about half-a-day's grappling, there's probably an easier way if you know how. Might make a video to show it.

@jonking4246 11 жыл бұрын

Just got my airsporter today for £60 looks 100% like the one in your video

@alasdairgeddes 12 жыл бұрын

Do you know where I could get a replacement rear sight for the BSA Airsporter? My Airsporters sight is missing making it useless.

@frankhall8435 5 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable! Clowns let loose.

@MattRickson 13 жыл бұрын

hi do you know where i could get a scope for this gun

@gundabacha11 12 жыл бұрын

Hello there .. i have the same Airsporter .22 BSA .. i jst saw the video .. it seems that the video has another part Or part 2 .. coz in the video it is not shown how to put back the piston in the Gun. i really want to know how He did this as Airmaster88 is out of my rang so i have to fix my BSA Airsporter by my self.

@ianwomack4198 11 жыл бұрын

Hi when are you doing second vid on airsporter restoration atb IAN

@leecoomber3877 3 жыл бұрын

Please tell me theres wooden jaws in that vice. 😲😣😖

@TheDefinitiveAirgunReview 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the kind words Tibbis I have just had a look at your channel. I see you are obviously an expert by the amount of professional videos on there..... When constructive criticism borders rudeness one gets a little offended. ATB Malc (aka ghostmaker1970)

@jordanrussell123 13 жыл бұрын

i have the same airsporter i gave a man a i push bike for it about ten years ago

@aflatminor 12 жыл бұрын

Hey up Ghostie- How's the Webley Service mk2 going?? Cheers, John :)

@chrisstevens4096 9 жыл бұрын

Yikes!......Brutal. I was cringing all the way through..........

@stanleyenglish1712 7 жыл бұрын

Chris Stevens f

@TheDefinitiveAirgunReview 12 жыл бұрын

Point taken I am removing the video. Thank you for replying with a constructive comment. ATB Malc CPTV

@MattRickson 13 жыл бұрын

@Ghostmaker1970 thanks

@nickrolfe69 11 жыл бұрын

Have you fired the Airsporter yet... what's it like ? Cheers

@johnleonard2657 5 жыл бұрын

Ater looking at that i would not let those 2 change a wheel on my van.

@TheDefinitiveAirgunReview 12 жыл бұрын

Posibly when/if Dave returns to work. He is off with shoulder trouble at the moment. ATB Malc

@theuniscbravo 3 жыл бұрын

If Dave were made of glass,one would have a better idea of what he is doing.Info one can gather on the event of disassembling is approximately 40%.

@gartshorescott 6 жыл бұрын

brutal

@khlifimohamed7396 7 жыл бұрын

ou ce trouve cette atelier

@markadams9819 Жыл бұрын

🐶🙂👍👋🏻

@MyJagdpanther 5 жыл бұрын

oookaaay then!

@TheDefinitiveAirgunReview 12 жыл бұрын

Hi gundabacha11 I am sorry but this gun is still in pieces as Dave has had an operation on his shoulder that went wrong. He is unable to work and assist me in the rebuilding of this rifle for the near future. Good luck with the gun. ATB Malc CPTV

@321minder 10 жыл бұрын

I've got a airsporter i love, an these guys ain't getting their hand on it!

@chadmeyer9500 7 жыл бұрын

The owner is the one that smacked the stock on the vise.

@6lr6ak6 2 жыл бұрын

What an idiot this guy appears, never seen as much banging and mistreated ever, and all that messing to unscrew the block, and then it had very little preload.

@daveawebber 14 жыл бұрын

Nice................pity that the guy had his back to camera when doing things i have a meteor that is well passed its life ........i.e over 30years old had it new but the barrel wont break to cock rifle i am assuming spring is stuffed:O) so seeing this vid may inspire me to have a go at repairing dont want to part with it even though it doesnt work

@TheDefinitiveAirgunReview 11 жыл бұрын

I would like to do it but at the moment Dave Welham is between workshops. I am hoping he will be and running soon but I will not know until it happens. Sorry I cant be more help. ATB Malc AKA GhostMaker1970

@Tibbls 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your reply. Talking for yonks before getting to the demo is pointless. Standing in front of what you are doing is daft.

@intertwineuser2 13 жыл бұрын

@NaDunta1 I have this gun and trust me if you don't hit it hard nothin gonna happen

@TheDefinitiveAirgunReview 13 жыл бұрын

@MrPigroaster Hard to say really they have been around for a very long time it depends on what mk it is but most of them run about 6 ft lbs ATB Malc

@bobbygeorge4847 9 жыл бұрын

Why don't you show rifles that shoot at 12ftpoundage

@MrPigroaster 13 жыл бұрын

I shot a rat in the face with my airsporter yestoday. how old are these gun and what power are they?

@MattRickson 13 жыл бұрын

@Ghostmaker1970 hi ive had no reply

@Tibbls 12 жыл бұрын

Totally useless video. We get yards of pointless yak from the guy at the outset and much of the demo is out of sight behind someone's back. They know virtually nothing about making a decent demo video and even less about guns I suspect.

@MickyMoz 5 жыл бұрын

So you are gonna follow up with how to strip and polish the action ready for re bluing ? Because that is what you need to do next. Shockingly bad video buddy.

@sallychilds4268 5 жыл бұрын

BET IT SHOOTS ROUND CORNERS NOW, what a butcher.

@gitarrnisse3204 3 жыл бұрын

Du står ju i vägen man ser ju inte ett skvatt!!

@gerrymcinerney8639 10 жыл бұрын

WHAT'S THE POINT IN SHOWING A VIDEO OF DISMANTLING A RIFLE WHEN THE PERSON WORKING ON THE RIFLE HAS HIS BACK TO THE CAMERA FOR THE MOST PART OF FILMING " BULLSHIT VIDEO. " GERRY

@andrewheale4738 4 жыл бұрын

Ding goes the barrel, poor quality video. The search goes on.

@davidparnell373 Жыл бұрын

This has to be one of the most cringe worthy videos I have ever seen. What appears to be a very nice classic air rifle being butchered by an amature repairer. Nothing more to add!

@Mike80Mad Ай бұрын

Can't see anything straight....you need to do more closeups and explain what are you doing and what materials are you using....and maybe get a lttle bit more informed before doing any kind of restoration attempts....it was a very poor execution...