BSA / The Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd

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BSA / The Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd

Inläggav G0LI4T 01 aug 2008, 23:40

BSA / The Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd

Firman startades redan 1861.
Fabriken förstördes under andra världskriget, men byggdes upp på nytt i Warwickshire.
Företaget är numera uppköpt av Gamo Spanien.

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Sidan är på engelska, men där hittar ni hela BSAs historia.

Tar bara upp äldre BSA modeller. Pre -92

Modeller:
240 Magnum (LP)
635
635 Magnum
Airsporter
Buccaneer (77-83)
Cadet (46-59)
Cadet Major (47-59)
Comet (ny 2007)
Challenger
General
Giant
Goldstar
Hornet
Improved Model B
Improved Model D
Junior
Juvenile
Light
Lightning (ny 97)
Lincoln
Mercury (72-80)
Merlin
Meteor ( 8 olika modeller från 59->)
Military
Ordinary
Pre War U/L
Scorpion...
Spitfire
Sporting
Standard
Supersport
Superstar
Superten

Kuriosa:
Vid sin höjdpunkt var BSA den största motorcykeltillverkaren i världen.
Minskad försäljning och dåliga investeringar i nya produkter på motorcykel sidan,
ledde till problem för hela företagsgruppen.

Tidslinje:
• 1861 Company formed
• 1864 First Government military arms contract

Prior to 1905 all work undertaken by BSA was for UK and Foreign Government contracts, no commercial work was undertaken.
• 1905 Manufacture 1st Lincoln Jeffries air rifle
• 1907 10,000th Lincoln Jeffries air rifle made
• 1906 Contract to make100, 000 rifles for the War Office, (War Office pattern miniature .22)
• 1910 Contract to make 60,000 .310 Martini rifles for Australian Government
• 1909 Introduction of BSA’s first commercial sporting & target rifle, a Martini action that continued in production till 1986
• 1911 Production of first mass produced shotgun in .410
• 1914 Rifle production increased from 135 to 10,000 per week in two years to meet demand of WW1
• 1915 1st Lewis Gun manufactured
• 1919 Company restructured into three divisions
• 1920 Production of 12 bore double barrel shotgun
• 1933 1st BSA break barrel air rifle, ‘Breakdown Pattern’
• 1939-1945 BSA manufacture over 50% of all small arms used by British forces in WW2
• 1940 Factory covers 32 acres, bombed 3 times in 3 months destroying 4.5 acres, 53 killed & 89 injured

During WW2 BSA made
568,100 .303 Browning machine guns
1,250,000 .303 Lee Enfield rifles
60,000 7.92 ‘BESA’ machine guns
• 1945 Manufacture of 1st Cadet air rifle
• 1946 Manufacture of Cadet Major air rifle
• 1948 Manufacture of 1st Airsporter air rife
• 1949 Manufacture of 1st Gold Medal winning Martini International.22 target rifle
• 1950 Awarded Government contract to produce 1st Self Loading Rifle (SLR) in NATO 7.62
• 1954 Introduction of Hunter sporting rifle
• 1959 Introduction of the ‘Majestic Range’ of classic sporting air rifles
• 1959 Introduction of 1st air rifle to have a telescopic sight, the Meteor
• 1962 Introduction of Meteor Mk2
• 1962 Introduction of Merlin air rifle
• 1962 Introduction of Armatic .22 self loading rifle
• 1962 Introduction of Airsporter Mk2 air rifle
• 1962 Introduction Snipe single barrel 12 bore shotgun
• 1963 Introduction of the High Power sporting rifle
• 1965 Introduction of the Monarch sporting rifle
• 1968 Introduction of Meteor Super air rifle
• 1972 Introduction of the CF2 range of sporting rifles
• 1972 Introduction of Mercuary air rifle
• 1973 Introduction of Scorpion air pistol
• 1977 Introduction of the Buccaneer air rifle
• 1980 Introduction of the Mercury S air rifle
• 1982 Special edition of 1000 Centenary Airsporters to commemorate 100 years since the registration of Piled Arms Trade Mark
• 1985 Introduction of Challenger air rifle
• 1985 Introduction of Maxi Grip scope rail
• 1985 Introduction of Airsporter Stutzen air rifle
• 1985 Introduction of Shadow and Trooper Carbine air rifles
• 1986 Production of VS2000 prototype, first repeating air rifle (not produced commercially) but some features latter used in the SuperTEN
• 1986 BSA Guns liquidated, bought by Gamo and renamed BSA Guns (UK) Ltd
• 1986 Introduction of Supersport air rifle
• 1987 Introduction of Meteor Challanger and Airsporter Carbine air rifles
• 1990 Introduction of Superstar, 1st rotary breech air rifle
• 1991 Introduction of Goldstar, 1st commercial repeating air rifle
• 1992 Introduction of Airsporter RB2 rotary breech air rifle
• 1992 Introduction of shotgun type safety catch on Airsporter RB2 air rifle
• 1993 Introduction of Meteor Mk6 air rifle
• 1994 Introduction of .240 Magnum air pistol
• 1996 Introduction of SuperTEN, 1st BSA pre-charged pneumatic air rifle
• 1997 Introduction of Supersport Lightning air rifle
• 1999 Introduction of SuperTEN Mk2 pre-charged pneumatic air rifle
• 1999 Introduction of Spitfire pre-charged pneumatic air rifle
• 2001 Introduction of Firebird rotary breech pre-charged pneumatic air rifle
• 2002 BSA took on the distribution of Gamo products in the UK
• 2003 Introduction of the Superten Bull Barrel
• 2003 Introduction of the Hornet
• 2003 Hornet awarded “Best New Hunting Air Rifle” by Shooting Times
• 2004 Introduction of the Hornet Multishot
• 2005 Special edition of 100 Superten and Lightning XL to celebrate 100 years of Airgun manufacture
• 2005 Introduction of the Scorpion
• 2005 Introduction of the Ultra
• 2006 Introduction of the XL Tactical
• 2006 Introduction of the Comet
• 2007 Introduction of the Scorpion T-10
• 2007 Introduction of the Lonestar


Mer info pågång, Tråden låst medans uppbyggnaden.
Har du info. om BSA, skicka ett PM.

( hoppas ni har överenseende med att informationen inte är komplett/fullständig.
jag fyller på lite allt eftersom )


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