BSA bent barrel

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   To me it doesn't look look like the barrel itself is bent, rather poor matching of the breech mating faces allowing the barrel to rise above the cylinder centreline.

Not easy to fix, and having rebuilt a Meteor roughly 12months ago, they're junk and not worth wasting time on (IMHO).  The engineering is appallingly bad.  

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KiwiTR6 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 Nov 2022 Location: North Island Status: Offline Posts: 448	Post Options Post Reply Quote KiwiTR6 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 hours 11 minutes ago at 10:49pm
	To me it doesn't look look like the barrel itself is bent, rather poor matching of the breech mating faces allowing the barrel to rise above the cylinder centreline. Not easy to fix, and having rebuilt a Meteor roughly 12months ago, they're junk and not worth wasting time on (IMHO). The engineering is appallingly bad.
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kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 3001	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 3 hours 51 minutes ago at 1:09pm
	Can you put strait edge against the barrel from the the spring cylinder just past where the barrel closes against it and along the barrel so we can see exactly where the bend is happening? Use a contrasting back ground like white under it and focus the pic till only where the barrel is strait. The strait part ( apart from the first couple of cm is of no relevent need to the picture. Maybe rest the ph on a couple blocks of wood so its a steady and a sharp photo.

J-S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 20 Oct 2014 Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 509	Post Options Post Reply Quote J-S Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 1 hour 12 minutes ago at 3:48pm
	Im thinking its the whole breech block and barrel thats pointing upwards... I dont think the barrel is bent.. I would probably try shimming the scope rings. if you have open sights they are usually on the breech block so doesnt matter if its not straight as front and rear are both on the same angled line... I had a BSA lightning that had an upwards barrel - shimmed front mount with some milk bottle strips and I could get it zeroed ok at 25 yards
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