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1861 Company formed |
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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.
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1905 Manufacture 1st Lincoln Jeffries air rifle |
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1907 10,000th Lincoln Jeffries air rifle made |
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1906 Contract to make100, 000 rifles for the War Office, (War Office pattern miniature .22) |
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1910 Contract to make 60,000 .310 Martini rifles for Australian Government |
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1909 Introduction of BSA’s first commercial sporting & target rifle, a Martini action that continued in production till 1986 |
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1911 Production of first mass produced shotgun in .410 |
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1914 Rifle production increased from 135 to 10,000 per week in two years to meet demand of WW1 |
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1915 1st Lewis Gun manufactured |
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1919 Company restructured into three divisions |
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1920 Production of 12 bore double barrel shotgun |
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1933 1st BSA break barrel air rifle, ‘Breakdown Pattern’ |
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1939-1945 BSA manufacture over 50% of all small arms used by British forces in WW2 |
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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
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1945 Manufacture of 1st Cadet air rifle |
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1946 Manufacture of Cadet Major air rifle |
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1948 Manufacture of 1st Airsporter air rife |
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1949 Manufacture of 1st Gold Medal winning Martini International.22 target rifle |
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1950 Awarded Government contract to produce 1st Self Loading Rifle (SLR) in NATO 7.62 |
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1954 Introduction of Hunter sporting rifle |
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1959 Introduction of the ‘Majestic Range’ of classic sporting air rifles |
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1959 Introduction of 1st air rifle to have a telescopic sight, the Meteor |
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1962 Introduction of Meteor Mk2 |
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1962 Introduction of Merlin air rifle |
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1962 Introduction of Armatic .22 self loading rifle |
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1962 Introduction of Airsporter Mk2 air rifle |
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1962 Introduction Snipe single barrel 12 bore shotgun |
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1963 Introduction of the High Power sporting rifle |
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1965 Introduction of the Monarch sporting rifle |
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1968 Introduction of Meteor Super air rifle |
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1972 Introduction of the CF2 range of sporting rifles |
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1972 Introduction of Mercuary air rifle |
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1973 Introduction of Scorpion air pistol |
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1977 Introduction of the Buccaneer air rifle |
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1980 Introduction of the Mercury S air rifle |
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1982 Special edition of 1000 Centenary Airsporters to commemorate 100 years since the registration of Piled Arms Trade Mark |
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1985 Introduction of Challenger air rifle |
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1985 Introduction of Maxi Grip scope rail |
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1985 Introduction of Airsporter Stutzen air rifle |
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1985 Introduction of Shadow and Trooper Carbine air rifles |
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1986 Production of VS2000 prototype, first repeating air rifle (not produced commercially) but some features latter used in the SuperTEN |
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1986 BSA Guns liquidated, bought by Gamo and renamed BSA Guns (UK) Ltd |
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1986 Introduction of Supersport air rifle |
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1987 Introduction of Meteor Challanger and Airsporter Carbine air rifles |
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1990 Introduction of Superstar, 1st rotary breech air rifle |
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1991 Introduction of Goldstar, 1st commercial repeating air rifle |
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1992 Introduction of Airsporter RB2 rotary breech air rifle |
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1992 Introduction of shotgun type safety catch on Airsporter RB2 air rifle |
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1993 Introduction of Meteor Mk6 air rifle |
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1994 Introduction of .240 Magnum air pistol |
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1996 Introduction of SuperTEN, 1st BSA pre-charged pneumatic air rifle |
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1997 Introduction of Supersport Lightning air rifle |
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1999 Introduction of SuperTEN Mk2 pre-charged pneumatic air rifle |
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1999 Introduction of Spitfire pre-charged pneumatic air rifle |
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2001 Introduction of Firebird rotary breech pre-charged pneumatic air rifle |
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2002 BSA took on the distribution of Gamo products in the UK |
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2003 Introduction of the Superten Bull Barrel |
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2003 Introduction of the Hornet |
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2003 Hornet awarded “Best New Hunting Air Rifle” by Shooting Times |
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2004 Introduction of the Hornet Multishot |
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2005 Special edition of 100 Superten and Lightning XL to celebrate 100 years of Airgun manufacture |
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2005 Introduction of the Scorpion |
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2005 Introduction of the Ultra |
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2006 Introduction of the XL Tactical |
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2006 Introduction of the Comet |
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2007 Introduction of the Scorpion T-10 |
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2007 Introduction of the Lonestar |
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