BSA Lonestar Bullpup
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My pride and joy: a John Bowkett tuned and regulated .25 cal BSA Lonestar – absolutely dead nuts accurate, extremely reliable and easy to work on.
54 fpe of sheer hunting power and not pellet fussy – shoots equally well JSB Kings and Baracudas for greater hitting power.
With the Weihrauch shroud is very quiet and only slightly longer than a Matador Long.
Unfortunately, my .25 R3 Standard is a poor second so far 😥 but I hope to make it better with the help of His Excellency Dr. Edgun aka Tedd Oldgoat, who was wise enough to inplant a benchmark BSA barrel onto his .25 Edgun R3 Long 😉
Cheers from beautifull Bansko,
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Friend Trygve :),
I have just discovered one possible cause for the inaccuracy of my new R3 Standard:
As you might see in my poor quality picture, there are definite pellet clipping marks on the first and second baffle. As soon as someone more technically minded than me advises me how to cure that problem I might suddenly become veeeeeeeeeeeery happy with my EDgun.
As for the side by side comparison between my two bullpups, I have an obligation to do it simply because a few fellow airgunners have asked me to so. My JB BSA Lonestar is not much different, at least not accuracy wise, from the ‘ordinary’ out of the box Lonestar — a most regular winner at the 100 m competitions in The Netherlands.
Cheers from beautiful Bansko,
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Friend Nik !
Apparently you’re not overly happy with your cal.25 R3 std length. What exactly is the problem ? 😎
Now a comparison between your “one off” JB-blueprinted Lonestar (beautiful bullpup, – well done !!!), – and any gun out of a std production line, – be it from Ed or anybody else, – is probably a bit unfair. We all know what Harry (“Yrrah”) down under has achieved with his Lonestar, – and would expect no less from yours.
A side by side comparison is indeed academically interesting, but results shal have to be interpreted with caution……
My thoughts only……… 😉
Can’t wait for the side by side comparison…
My BSA barrel is indeed an old production one, but not as old as that OLDgoat 😆 😆 😆
I’ll do the side-by-side as soon as I succeed to unscrew the front bit of the R3 shroud to check if clipping is the cause of it’s inaccuracy.
Cheers from beautiful Bansko,
🙂
I’ve just discovered this 10 shots group at 53 yards. It’s incredible good !
I made the same group with the .22 R3 but just a 5 shots group. There always was a flyer in a 10 shots group. I already have a feeling that Lonestar surpasses the R3 and I also have a feeling it’s in the barrel. Maybe the new .25 barrel Ed designed is better. Your R3 .25 doesn’t have the new barrel, isn’t it?
Can’t wait for the side by side comparison…
Yes, dvdrw, I will do that as soon as possible. In fact it will be a side-by-side comparison between my two .25 bullpups – BSA Lonestar and R3 Standard.
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I think a complete review of the original Lonestar is in order.
Price, ACCURACY, original length, shot-count, noise level, barrel, trigger, favorite pellets, magazine if any, availability and waiting time, personal thoughts about it, etc.
Koljo, would you do the honors? Please ?
Hello Nik. I really like that BSA Lonestar bull pup!
I just might have to watch for a used Lonestar 25 cal to come up on the Yellow. I had a Lonestar but, I somehow managed to misplace the barrel off of it! 😕
As soon as Daystate releases the 25 cal Wolverine, I am going to get one and make a bull pup out of it.
I would like some pics/info on the forward trigger setup but, I am really interested in the forward scope/barrel mounts! Any pics/info that you can send will be greatly appreciated!
I think that you might have my PM address! 😆
Terry, unlike the stock design, I am not at liberty to discuss the trigger mechanism and scope mount on open forum. The engineer, whom I hired to devise them, has asked me to share his ideas only in private. Please, PM me and I’ll be happy to talk about it.
All I can say now is that my BSA Lonestar bullpup trigger mechanism is every bit as light, crisp and predictable as the one on the original JB designed rifle length action. Unfortunately, the specifically bullpup designed trigger on my .25 R3 Standard still leaves a lot to be desired 😥
Cheers from beautiful Bansko,
Nik 🙂
Correction: “Whatever bullpup you make — you will have an EDgun STOCK at the end” 🙂
Yes, I must admit the EDgun stock is EXTREMELY well thought out — very comfortable and shoulderable, and, unlike the EDgun actions it simply doesn’t leave any room for improvements 🙂 Pity it wasn’t possible to copy the fore-stock shape in my particular case because of that ingenious John Bowkett front cocking system on the Lonestar action. Unlike the EDguns and all the other airguns with a backside cocking action, the BSA one is a hundred times more suitable and convenient for hunting 🙂
Many things are patented; but most private custom bilders uncommercially copied (maybe not exact copy) under academic study purpose type reasons which do not affect patent piracy internationally.
Most lawsuit cases are commercial based piracy; in other words, money (buy/sell) related liability. So Ed may not be suit at least US/UK/China.
Correction: “Whatever bullpup you make — you will have an EDgun STOCK at the end” 🙂
Yes, I must admit the EDgun stock is EXTREMELY well thought out — very comfortable and shoulderable, and, unlike the EDgun actions it simply doesn’t leave any room for improvements 🙂 Pity it wasn’t possible to copy the fore-stock shape in my particular case because of that ingenious John Bowkett front cocking system on the Lonestar action. Unlike the EDguns and all the other airguns with a backside cocking action, the BSA one is a hundred times more suitable and convenient for hunting 🙂
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My pride and joy: a John Bowkett tuned and regulated .25 cal BSA Lonestar – absolutely dead nuts accurate, extremely reliable and easy to work on.
54 fpe of sheer hunting power and not pellet fussy – shoots equally well JSB Kings and Baracudas for greater hitting power.
With the Weihrauch shroud is very quiet and only slightly longer than a Matador Long.
Unfortunately, my .25 R3 Standard is a poor second so far 😥 but I hope to make it better with the help of His Excellency Dr. Edgun aka Tedd Oldgoat, who was wise enough to inplant a benchmark BSA barrel onto his .25 Edgun R3 Long 😉
Cheers from beautifull Bansko,
😀
This is it ! 100m shooting winner .25Cal BSA Lonestar. !!! 😛
I would love to see what you did for the trigger mechanism and scope mount.
I am afraid I have patent EDgun Matador shape 🙂 As people in Russia say “Whatever bullpup you make — you will have EDgun at the end!” 🙂
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Nik,
Apparently clipping has been an issue for others too….. 😥
I am a bit puzzled here. Don’t all Matadors come with a test sheet stuck to the inside of the back cover of the manual ?
If so, – how can these rifles suddenly show up different results when tested by the end buyer ???? 🙄
I don’t understand this……….
Any ideas ????
Cheers from cold and windy Norwegian wilderness.. 😀