So what is this...?

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   BSA Merlin XL Multishot
https://www.guncity.com/22-bsa-merlin-xl-synthetic-gen-3i-air-rifle-1300fps-scope-options-404616

It is not listed on the BSA web site nor any Gamo site... nor have I found any reference to it outside of NZ.

Sure looks like a Gamo...  Yet says made in Spain and England
CAT Trigger  (Gamo)
Recoil Reducing Rail (Gamo)
10X GEN3i Inertia Fed (definately Gamo)

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grbaker5 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 16 Sep 2021 Location: Te Horo Status: Offline Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote grbaker5 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: So what is this...? Posted: 22 Feb 2025 at 9:39am
	BSA Merlin XL Multishot https://www.guncity.com/22-bsa-merlin-xl-synthetic-gen-3i-air-rifle-1300fps-scope-options-404616 It is not listed on the BSA web site nor any Gamo site... nor have I found any reference to it outside of NZ. Sure looks like a Gamo... Yet says made in Spain and England CAT Trigger (Gamo) Recoil Reducing Rail (Gamo) 10X GEN3i Inertia Fed (definately Gamo)

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: 2468	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Feb 2025 at 7:51am
	My guess is a bsa lighting, with a ten shot mag and threaded barrel for moderater, instead of built in, and cat trigger. Its definitly not along the lines of the previous merlins Which seem to be an underlever junior rifle. But its all guess work on my behalf as you say, very little info on it

Pauly5 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Joined: 11 Mar 2013 Location: Titahi Bay Status: Offline Posts: 1523	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pauly5 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Feb 2025 at 11:22am
	Yea, likely a Gamo. Gamo own BSA. From my very limited experience shooting similar guns to these, they feel very under engineered in that how can they maintain the forces that occur with the lightweight design and materials used. The upside being that it is lighter to carry when hunting. I would prefer to spend the $1k on a second hand weihrauch or brand new Cometa Fenix though.

mercs Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 Apr 2020 Location: Stratford Status: Offline Posts: 296	Post Options Post Reply Quote mercs Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Feb 2025 at 12:08pm
	Interesting. They have been trading on the made in England label for some time, example being the BSA Lightning CLX. Agree the Merlin is a mix of Spanish components with a British made barrel. I do not own a modern BSA so no opinion as to whether the barrels are any better but good video on you-tube of the BSA factory and process. A .22 calibre gas piston at 1100 fps using a lead pellet is ridiculous and dubious. I do not have a Gen 3 loader and can only hope they have improved reliability from Gen 1. Appreciate a review from anyone who is using one. I do like the threaded barrel end as an option. I do like the beech wood stock. The RRR rail is a perfectly good accessory riser but will not protect a scope in any way. The early gen 1 multi-shot mechanism is easily removed giving you a usable 1 shot rifle, unsure of the gen 3. Assuming these are a Gamo Magnum with the over sized chamber then the trigger will be very firm. I have considered several BSA options to date and will likely continue to resist and hope the CLX does not appear in NZ stores.

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: 450	Post Options Post Reply Quote J-S Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 2025 at 8:49am
	Its very much Gamo. All but the barrel; if its the UK Made cold hammer forged barrel as they use for their PCPs it should be accurate - my guess is the rest of the rifle wont allow it to be... Trigger will be average, but in that price its weihrauch money so a comparitively sh*t trigger. Build quality average Magazine mechanism notoriously unreliable (hence Gun City have started to sell spare parts for them [assumably] to avoid having so many repairs) Overpowered makes hard to cock, hard to scope, bouncy and hard to shoot, hard to hit anything. A shame as the original BSA Merlin was a sleek little rifle, fixed barrel with an underlever like the airsporter with a pop-up breech The UK Made new Lightning CLX claims to be the next in their 'Back to British Made' range. I wonder how many parts are made in England vs assembled from the Gamo factory parts with Brit labour...
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