Servicing a Mk3 BSA Meteor Air Rifle 

Thank you for this. Just about to service my father's old BSA rifle 😊

Anything taken apart needs cleaning before greasing and reassembling.

Thanks, just replaced all the seals and the spring in a mark 5 given to me by my dad.

Very clearly from beginning to end Thank you. 👍

Great, helpful footage. Thank you.

Thanks for this. Your timing is excellent. I'm looking for a nice early Meteor at the moment to fettle/refurbish (Mk 2 was my fist ever air rifle). Your taste in music is first class. Fats Waller is reputed to have said, when he was playing in a club and Art Tatum came in, "I play piano, but God is in the house".

Not being anal or hypercritical, one thing I would have done is cleaned all the parts inside and outside of the cylinder of all the old grease and grunge and given it all a good polish before applying new grease and lubes. Don't want to risk contaminants spoil a good job.

It is beautiful and lightweight as well

Lovely to watch, thank you.

Nice video and well presented. I do have one request though. If you feel you need that music make it something a little less annoying.

My god that was a lot of grease you should have cleaned and polished it and apply grease either end the middle does not make contact so no need for all that grease and removing the old metal spring guide and replacing with nylon type would have improved the rifle.

Recently acquired a MK.3 for free from a co worker who found it in a storage unit he bought for dirt cheap. It was in a case but it’s in pretty beat up shape, the wood finish is very faded and clearly very used and the barrel is visibly rusting slightly as the black paint has faded over the years. Still fires okay but definitely doesn’t feel very powerful. I have no experience in taking guns apart but I’d sure like to have a go at restoring it a bit. The breech seal is extremely rotted, doesn’t even look like there’s one in the anymore

very well explained, thanks for your time

Solid air rifle would be interesting to know what fps you got after the new magnum spring. And did it group ok with that spring. Have fun plinking 🎯 God bless 🙏

This is actually a MK IV, the MK 3 has all metal sights and slightly different internals, it is one of the rarer Meteors because of a very short production run.

Really well presented vid . But one minute in and I had to turn the sound off. Hope I didn’t miss any commentary

Xylophone,piano,sacs and trumpet Rock Music beatniks daddio style.

Looked a tad oversrung for a Meteor, extremely spring sensitive for accuracy. Good vid

Brilliant video well done. Any advice on how straight the barrel should be, can't find any tolerance for straightness. I put the barrel in between 2 vee blocks and clocked .005" run out in the centre.

beautiful

Excellent video mate. I've just done a Mk2 for a friend and I'm always ready and interested to learn new techniques! Just to relate my experiences for those wanting to do this. The MK2 I did had a fibre piston seal. Despite clearly having had a very rough 50 plus years use the seal was still in great condition so take the gun apart before you order the O rings. The shock pad was completely loose and hence the piston was loose in the holder so this did need replacing, I also think the design uses the pad to put pressure on the fibre seal and expand it? I used a Titan No 5 spring (as recommended) but I found this far too long. I can't agree more with your warning, springs under compression can be very dangerous things. I cut mine back to a length of 255mm, still 40 mm longer than the original I took out. Relatively easy to compress the end coil. It's easier and safer to put in and the gun ends up much smoother, more consistent accuracy, easier to cock and it doesn't sound like it's destroying itself. Just my opinion but 7 - 9 ftlbs is about right for these, still enough to go through a tin of beans. Barrel cleaning tip .. a couple of role up cigarette filters soaked in WD40 fired. £1 for 100.

Those "Barrel cleaning pellets" is only for PCP rifles. Firing it through a Spring Rifle is the same as Dry Firing. It will damage the piston seal or break the spring.

Just in the process of restoring a BSA Mercury.

I have a old mk2 or mk3 BSA Meteor I was given a good few years ago, the spring or piston has got seized and will not fully cock back, also it hasn’t been serviced in a very long time, would you recommend just doing a full strip down and service or try and go with the old spring and parts see if i can get it undone

Hi, did that spring need cutting down to fit or was it ok as supplied? Do you consider the upgraded spring a good choice after using it? Very helpful video!

I have the meteor mk5 and it has the 2 part cocking arm other than that its exacly the same.

Got as far as putting the spring back in and just couldn't. Don't have vices and clamps sadly. Having to retreat to my local shop for it 😕

Hi, thank you so much for this video (I loved the music btw!). I have a 50 year old BSA Meteor my stepfather bought me (I'm not sure which model). It hasn't been used for 45 years. I'd love to restore it but the main take away from your excellent video is not to try doing it myself as it looks a bit tricky and I don't have the right tools. Could you recommend someone in Essex who could do this, or would any gun shop undertake this sort of job? How much should I expect to pay? Thanks again

Sadly, I don't have room for a Mirimba band in my workshop... :)

I have the exact same gun which I purchased in 1971 for £12.50. I wonder how much they are now. Your video was very informative. I may have a go at refurbishing mine. Do BSA still do the parts for guns this old?

Whats the power of the mk4 deluxe? If you know I had a bad second hand one that if you flicked it like a fishing rod it would cock My brother a home gunsmith polished the guts, replaced the seals and plunger Then bored it out to take a new ox spring ment for the bigger bsa and fitted a muzzle weigh to help cope with the jump. In went from a gun that went through half a 1980s thick bean can, and took one hand to load to a gun that kicked and went through 3.5 thick bean cans taking two hands to load The grouping was fantastic hole in hole or sometimes 50p size at as far as you could use the sites. I set them and used Kentucky windage after that and it served me very well. Id be interested to know the power of yours and the old thick can test results.

Good video but without the music

I have some trouble, the dissasembly of my mrk 4 was fine for most however the piston head hadn't come out with the piston and required me to use a small wooden toothpick to remove it, I have now come to assembling it and realised there is probably a part missing as of now the piston head doesn't attach anywhere, is there a C-clamp or something to grip, I inherited it and so didn't know if it was working or not.

I have been left an old BSA Meteor. It looks like the barrel may have been changed as it looks customised...I am not sure how to tell if it take .22 or not (I am new to air rifles). I would like to try it and sell it but don't really know how to do that either!!

I'm in the process of fitting the same service kit into my mk111 What was the power of your gun after the refit please?

I like the bgm

Among BSA springer this is the only model that can be swapped with gas ram?

Was this the first Air Rifle you've worked on ? lets hope it's your last,never seen a worse "service" in all my life !

Thanks for the video, stripping mine down for a service. Do you have a video on how to fix a Meteor when some muppet who borrowed it fired it when barrel is broke and the barrel is now pointing up a few millimetres out of line from the body!!! maybe the barrel latch is knackered?

Sorry to be critical, but you really have to clean everything Spotless before you reassemble and apply new lubricant.

Don't think this is a mk4 as suggested as the mk4 rear sight was screwed down onto the barrel wheras the mk3 rear sight was pinned on through the side of the sight.

I need a piston seal, please can you advise thank you

im guessing a new spring and seal might bring the power of the gun upto or over the legal limit , ??

Good video my friend! That is a very interesting looking vise you have. What make and model is it? Is it still available? Thanks again my friend.

So you cleaned JACK SHIT and left the iron particles in there? You must be effing joking right? Now take it apart and do it right this time! 😂

Is the process same with bsa supersport?

Did not know it was a music video.

My barrel has a pin that won't tap out. Any advice on how to get it out?

Turned the sound off after 10 seconds

I have same gun l bought in 1976. Which online site l can buy spring and o ring. Is there any part numbers. Thanks

Is it for sale?

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A little deburing of the compression tube ,and polishing of the piston wouldn't of hurt when you were in there.

a little bit better without the so called music

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Someone has looked after that gun, i looked immaculate for a fifty year old weapon. If you want to sell it let me know

What is with the piano music? Sorry could not watch it!!

My personal opinion Diana model 35 is the best Break Barrel Air Rifel

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good vid terrible music and to loud

Really annoying music

That fkn music !!!.........why

God awful music far better none.

Great video except the stupid music 🤔

Switch the music off its bloody awfull.