BSA Air/Rifle Date Lookup
Use this list to find your BSA Prefix Codes for Airguns and Rimfire Rifles.
Prefix Letters- A
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No. 1 Light Pattern Standard .177
-
1935 - 1939
- A
-
Cadet .177
-
1945 - 1946
- A
-
Buccaneer Rifle .177
-
1977
- AA
-
Buccaneer Rifle .177
-
1977-1983
- AAR
-
Supersport Rifle .25
-
1977-
- AAS
-
Spitfire .25
-
1999 - 2005
- AN
-
240 Magnum Pistol .22
-
1994 – 2001
- AP
-
240 Magnum Pistol .177
-
1994 – 2001
- APH
-
Superstar .25
-
1991– 2001
- AR
-
Supersport Rifle .177
-
1997–
- AS
-
Spitfire Pre-charge .177
-
1999–2005
- AWC
-
Mercury 635 Magnum .25
-
1985–1987
- AWR
-
Airsporter Stutzen .25
-
1992-2001
- AZR
-
Airsporter RB2 .22
-
- B
-
Breakdown Pattern .177
-
1932 - 1939
- B
-
Cadet .177
-
1946 - 1947
- BA
-
Cadet .177
-
1947 - 1951
- BC
-
Cadet .177
-
1951 - 1962
- C
-
Standard Club No.4 .177
-
1936 - 1939
- C
-
Cadet Major .177
-
1947 - 1949
- C
-
Piled Arms Centenary 1982 .177 & .22
-
1982
- CA
-
Cadet Major .177
-
1949 - 1955
- CC
-
Cadet Major .177
-
1955 - 1962
- CS
-
BSA Standard Club .177 and No.4 Club
-
1930 - 1936
- D
-
Buccaneer .22
-
1977 - 1983
- D
-
Buccaneer .22
-
1977 - 1983
- DA
-
Buccaneer .22
-
1977 - 1983
- DM22
-
Dynamax .22
-
2009 - 2011
- DM77
-
Dynamax .177
-
2009 - 2011
- DN
-
SuperTEN .177 & SuperTEN Bull Barrel .177
-
1996 - 2008
- DN
-
SuperTen Sporter .177 & Bull Barrel .177
-
1996- 2008
- DP
-
SuperTen .22 & SuperTen Bull Barrel .22
-
1996 - 2008
- DR
-
Spitfire .22
-
1999 - 2005
- DS
-
Supersport .22
-
1986
- DS
-
Lightning & Lightning XL
-
- E
-
Club .177
-
1948 - 1950
- EA
-
Airsporter/Club .177
-
1950 - 1954
- EB
-
Airsporter MK I .177
-
1955 - 1957
- EC
-
Airsporter MK I .177
-
1956 - 1962
- ED
-
Airsporter MK I/MK II .177
-
1959
- EE
-
Airsporter MK II .177
-
1959 - 1965
- EF
-
Airsporter MK III .177
-
1966 - 1968
- EG
-
Airsporter MK III/IV .177
-
1968 - 1969
- EK
-
Airsporter MK IV .177
-
1969 - 1971
- EL
-
Airsporter MK V .177
-
1971 - 1974
- EM
-
Airsporter MK VI .177
-
1974 - 1979
- EN
-
Airsporter MK VI .177
-
1979 - 1983
- EP
-
Airsporter 'S' MK I .177
-
1979 - 1983
- ER
-
Airsporter 'S' MK II .177
-
1983 - 1985
- ES
-
Airsporter 'S' MK III .177
-
1985 - 1986
- ET
-
Airsporter Stutzen & Carbine .177
-
1985 - 1986
- ET
-
Airsporter Stutzen & Carbine .177
-
1985 - 1986
- F
-
Martini International MKI Light Pattern
-
1950 - 1954
- FB
-
Martini International MK I Left Hand
-
1953 - 1959
- FC
-
Martini International MK II Heavy Barrel
-
1954 - 1957
- FD
-
Martini International MK II Light Pattern Left Hand
-
1954 - 1959
- FG
-
Martini International MK IV & ISU Right Hand Light
-
1969 - 1973
- FG
-
Martini International MK 5 Heavy Barrel
-
1973 - 1981
- FH
-
Martini International MK 5 ISU Heavy Barrel Left Hand
-
1971 - 1981
- G
-
Airsporter MK I .22
-
1948 - 1954
- GA
-
Airsporter MK I .22
-
1954 - 1958
- GB
-
Airsporter MK I .22
-
1956 - 1958
- GC
-
Airsporter MK I & Transitional to MK II.22
-
1958 - 1959
- GD
-
Airsporter MK II .22
-
1959 - 1965
- GE
-
Airsporter MK II .22
-
1965 - 1967
- GF
-
Airsporter MK II .22
-
1967 - 1968
- GG
-
Airsporter MK III .22
-
1968 - 1969
- GI
-
Airsporter MK IV .22
-
1969 - 1971
- GJ
-
Airsporter MK V .22
-
1971 - 1974
- GK
-
Airsporter MK VI .22
-
1974 - 1979
- GL
-
Airsporter MK VI .22
-
1979 - 1983
- GM
-
Airsporter 'S' MK I .22
-
1979 -1983
- GN
-
Airsporter MK VII .22
-
1983 - 1986
- GP
-
Airsporter 'S' MK II .22
-
1985 - 1986
- GR
-
Airsporter Stutzen + Carbine .22
-
1985 - 1986
- GS
-
Goldstar .22
-
1991 -2004
- GT
-
Goldstar .177
-
1991 - 2004
- H
-
P17 Military Rifles Sporterized .30'06 Springfield
-
1949 - 1953
- HA
-
P17 Military Rifles Sporterized .270 Winchester
-
1949 - 1953
- HA
-
Armatic Self Loading Rifle .22 Rimfire
-
1966 - 1969
- J
-
Sportsman Single Shot Bolt Action .22 Rimfire
-
1947 - 1950
- J
-
Sportsman Single Shot Bolt Action .22 Rimfire
-
1953 - 1955
- JA
-
Sportsman Single Shot Bolt Action
-
1950 - 1951
- JB
-
Sportsman Single Shot Bolt Action
-
1951 - 1952
- JC
-
Sportsman Single Shot Bolt Action
-
1952
- JD
-
Sportsman Single Shot Bolt Action
-
1952 - 1955
- K
-
Merlin MK I .177 Junior Air Rifle
-
1962 - 1964
- K
-
Sportsman Five .22 Rimfire Rifle
-
1948 - 1953
- KA
-
Merlin Junior Air Rifle .177 MK II
-
1964 - 1968
- KA
-
Sportsman Five .22 Rimfire Rifle
-
1950 - 1952
- KB
-
Sportsman Five Rimfire Rifle
-
1951
- KC
-
Sportsman Five Rimfire Rifle
-
1951 - 1952
- KD
-
Sportsman Five Rimfire Rifle
-
1951 - 1955
- L
-
Light Pattern Standard Air Rifle .177
-
1919 - 1936
- L
-
Merlin Junior Air Rifle .22 MK I
-
1962 - 1964
- L
-
Sportsman Ten .22 Rimfire Rifle
-
1949 - 1950
- LA
-
Merlin Junior Air Rifle .22 MK II
-
1964 - 1968
- LA
-
Sportsman Fifteen Rimfire Rifle
-
1950 - 1954
- LB
-
Sportsman Fifteen Rimfire Rifle
-
1951
- LC
-
Sportsman Fifteen Rimfire Rifle
-
1951
- LD
-
Sportsman Fifteen Rimfire Rifle
-
1951
- LE
-
Sportsman Fifteen Rimfire Rifle
-
1951 - 1955
- LE
-
R-10 MK2 Anniversary Ltd Edition .177 & 22 (150 made)
-
2011 - 2012
- LS22
-
Lonestar .22
-
2008 - 2011
- LS25
-
Lonestar .25
-
2008 - 2011
- LS77
-
Lonestar .177
-
2008 - 2011
- M
-
Cadet Major .177
-
1947 - 1948
- M
-
P.14 Military Rifles Sporterized .303 Calibre
-
1949 - 1953
- N
-
Meteor MK I .177
-
1959 - 1962
- NA
-
Meteor MK II .177
-
1962 - 1966
- NB
-
Meteor MK II .177
-
1962 - 1968
- ND
-
Meteor MK II + Super Mark I .177
-
1967 - 1969
- NE
-
Meteor MK III + Super Mark II .177
-
1969 - 1973
- NG
-
Meteor MK IV + Super Mark III .177
-
1973 - 1979
- NH
-
Meteor MK V + Super Mark IV .177
-
1979 - 1994
- P
-
Martini Model 12/15
-
1947 - 1955
- P1
-
Polaris .177 & .22
-
- PH
-
Superstar .177
-
1990 - 2004
- R
-
Martini Model 13
-
1932 - 1939
- RA
-
Scorpion Pistol .22
-
1972 - (Recalled)
- RB
-
Scorpion Pistol .22
-
1972 - 1994
- RH
-
Superstar .22
-
1990 - 2004
- R22
-
R - 10 MK1 .22
-
- R77
-
R - 10 MK1 .177
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- RL22
-
R - 10 MK1 .22 Left Hand
-
- RL77
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R - 10 MK1 177 Left Hand
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- R225000 +
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R - 10 MK2 .22 (Seial No. 5000 Upwards)
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- R775000 +
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R - 10 MK2 .177 (Seial No. 5000 Upwards)
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- RL225000 +
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R - 10 MK2 .22 Left Hand (Seial No. 5000 Upwards)
-
- RL775000 +
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R - 10 MK2 .177 Left Hand (Seial No. 5000 Upwards)
-
- S
-
BSA Imporved Mod D with Double Intercepting Safety Sear Patt 30338/10 .177 & .22 Standard, Ligh, Junior + Juvenile
-
1911 - 1917
- S
-
BSA Standard No 2 Air Rifle .22
-
1919 - 1936
- S
-
Supersport & Lightning & XL's Air Rifle GAMO made version
-
- S
-
Ralock Self Loading Sporting Rifle .22 Short Rifle Cartridge
-
1947 - 1951
- S
-
Supersport Five Bolt Action Rifle .22 Long Rifle Cartridge
-
1955
- SA
-
Supersport Five Bolt Action Rifle .22 Long Rifle Cartridge
-
1955 - 1958
- SB
-
Supersport Five Bolt Action Rifle .22 Long Rifle Cartridge
-
1955 - 1966
- SC
-
Supersport Five Bolt Action Rifle .22 Long Rifle Cartridge
-
1966 - 1967
- SE22
-
Scorpion SE.22
-
2011 -
- SE77
-
Scorpion SE.177
-
2011 -
- SS
-
Scorpion Single Shot .177 & .22
-
- ST
-
Scorpion T10 .177 & .22
-
- T
-
BSA Standard No2 Air Rifle .22
-
1936 - 1939
- T
-
Ralock Self Loading Sporting Rifle .22 Long Rifle
-
1949 - 1951
- T
-
Meteor Air Rifle MK I .22
-
1959 - 1962
- T
-
Surfix Letter On BSA Super Sport Five Sporting Rifle Designating Tangent Rearsight
-
1957 - 1962
- TA
-
Meteor MK II .22
-
1962 - 1966
- TB
-
Meteor MK II .22
-
1966 - 1968
- TD
-
Meteor MK II (Super Mk) .22
-
1967 - 1969
- TE
-
Meteor MK III .22 & Meteor MK III (Super MK II .22)
-
1969 - 1973
- TG
-
Meteor MK IV .22 & Meteor MKIV (Super MK III .22)
-
1974 - 1978
- TH
-
Meteor MK V .22 & Meteor MKV (Super MK IV .22)
-
1979- 1993
- U
-
Martini International MK I Right Hand
-
1950 - 1953
- UA
-
Martini International MK I Left Hand
-
1952
- UB
-
Martini International MK I Right Hand (Improved Injection) & Left Hand
-
1953
- UC
-
Martini International MK I Light Weight Right Hand
-
1953
- UD
-
Martini International MK I + MK II Mixed
-
1953 - 1960
- UE
-
Martini International MK I + MK II Mixed
-
1953 - 1960
- UF
-
Martini International MK II
-
1960 - 1968
- UG
-
Martini International MK II
-
1961 - 1968
- UM
-
Ultra Multi Shot .177 & .22
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- US
-
Ultra Single Shot .177 & .22
-
- V
-
Century Bolt Action Target Rifle
-
1955 - 1961
- W
-
12 Gauge 'Regent Model' Shotgun made only for RAF
-
1940 - 1945
- W
-
Mercury Air Rifle MK I .177
-
1971 - 1973
- W
-
Cadet Air Rifle .177
-
1949 - 1950
- WA
-
Mercury Air Rifle MK I .177
-
1973 - 1974
- WB
-
Mercury Air Rifle MK II .177
-
1974 - 1978
- WC
-
Mercury Air Rifle MK III .177
-
1978 - 1985
- WE
-
Meteor MK6 .22
-
- WE
-
Comet .177 & .22
-
- WH
-
Mercury 'S' Air Rifle
-
1980 - 1985
- WR
-
Airsporter RB2 .177 & .22
-
1992 - 2001
- WT
-
Airsporter Stutzen RB2 .177
-
1992 - 2000
- Y
-
Cadet Major Air Rifle .177
-
1949
- YA
-
Single Twelve Shotgun 2 & 3/4" Chamber X 30" Barrels
-
1950 - 1962
- YB
-
Single Twelve Shotgun 3" X 30"
-
1950 - 1962
- YC
-
Single Twelve Shotgun 3" X 32"
-
1950 - 1962
- YD
-
Snipe Shotgun 2 3/4"
-
1962 - 1973
- YE
-
Snipe Shotgun 3"
-
1962 - 1973
- Z
-
Mercury MK I .22
-
1971 - 1973
- ZA
-
Mercury MK II .22
-
1973 - 1974
- ZB
-
Mercury MK II .22
-
1974 - 1978
- ZC
-
Mercury MK III .22
-
1978 - 1985
- ZD
-
Mercury Challenger .22
-
1985 - 1986
- ZE
-
Meteor MK 6 .177
-
1993 - Present
- ZH
-
Mercury 'S' .22
-
1980 - 1985
- ZR
-
Airsporter RB2 .22 & .177
-
1992 - 2000
- ZT
-
Airsporter RB2 Stutzen .22
-
1992 - 2000
- 0
-
Parke-Hale Striker .177 (same as Supersport Air Rifle)
-
- 0
-
Supersport & XL .25
-
- 1A
-
Firebird Pre Charged .177
-
2001 - 2005
- 1B
-
Techstar .177
-
2004 - 2007
- 2A
-
Firebird Pre Charged .22
-
2001 - 2005
- 2A
-
Lonestar .25
-
2009
- 2B
-
Techstar .22
-
2004 - 2007
- 3A
-
Ultra Multi Shot .177
-
- 3B
-
Sportsman HV .177
-
2009
- 4A
-
Ultra Multi Shot .22
-
- 4B
-
Sportsman HV .22
-
2009
- 5A
-
Scorpion T10 .177 & T10 Bull Barrel .177
-
- 5B
-
Ultra Single Shot .177
-
- 6A
-
Scorpion T10 .22 & T10 Bull Barrel .22
-
- 6B
-
Ultra Single Shot .22
-
- 7 -
-
Parke - Hale Striker .22 (same as Supersport Air Rifle)
-
- 7B
-
Scorpion Single Shot .177
-
- 8B
-
Scorpion Single Shot .22
- Prefix Letters
- Calibre
- Model Details
- Date Of Production
- 1A + 1B
-
.22 Hornet
-
Hunter Short Action
-
1954 - 1958
- 1C + C1
-
-
Regent
-
1958 - 1964
- 2A + 2B
-
.222 Remington
-
Hunter S.A.
-
1954 - 1956
- 2D + C2D
-
-
Regent Featherweight
-
1956 - 1963
- 2J
-
-
Majestic
-
1963 - 1966
- 2L
-
-
Monarch 1st Pat
-
1966 - 1968
- 2M
-
-
Monarch 1st Pat Heavy Barrel
-
1965 - 1970
- 2P
-
-
Monarch 2nd Pat Heavy Barrel
-
1970 - 1973
- 2R
-
-
CF2
-
1973 - 1986
- 3B
-
.308 Winchester
-
Hunter M.A Viscount
-
1986 - 1958
- 3D
-
-
Featherweight Majestict
-
1957 - 1963
- 3F
-
-
Monarch 1st Pat
-
1959 - 1966
- 3L
-
-
Monarch 1st Pat
-
1966 - 1970
- 3M
-
-
-
1967 - 1971
- 3P
-
-
Monarch 2nd Pat
-
1970 - 1972
- 3R
-
-
CF2
-
1973 - 1986
- 4B
-
.257 Roberts
-
Hunter L.A.
-
1956
- 5B
-
7x57 Mauser
-
Hunter M.A Viscount
-
1955 - 1962
- 5R
-
-
CF2
-
1973 - 1986
- 6B
-
300 Savage
-
Hunter M.A. Viscount Featherweight
-
1955 - 1965
- 7B
-
.30 .'60 Springfield
-
Hunter L.A. Imperial
-
1956 - 1964
- 7D
-
-
Imperial Featherweight
-
1957 - 1959
- 7E
-
-
Majestic
-
1965 - 1971
- 7G
-
-
Majestic
-
1960 - 1966
- 7L
-
-
Monarch 1st Pat
-
1966 - 1971
- 7M
-
-
Monarch 2nd Pat
-
1968 - 1972
- 7R
-
-
CF2
-
1972 - 1986
- 8B
-
.270 Winchester
-
Imperial Featherweight
-
1957 - 1964
- 8D
-
-
Majestic
-
1960 - 1966
- 8E
-
-
Majestic
-
1963 - 1970
- 8L
-
-
Monarch 1st Pat
-
1966 -1969
- 8M
-
-
Monarch 1st Pat
-
1969 - 1970
- 8P
-
-
Monarch 1st+ 2nd Pat Featherweight
-
1969 - 1974
- 8R
-
-
CF2
-
1972 - 1974
- 9C
-
.458 Winchester
-
Emperor
-
1958 - 1965
- 10B
-
.375 H&H.B.R.N.E
-
Imperial
-
Unknown
- 11A
-
.243 Winchester
-
Hunter/Viscount
-
1958 - 1966
- 11B
-
-
Hunter/Viscount
-
1957 - 1970
- 11D
-
-
Majestic
-
1959 - 1966
- 11E
-
-
Majestic
-
1960 - 1970
- 11L
-
-
Monarch 1st Pat
-
1967 - 1968
- 11M
-
-
Monarch 1st Pat
-
1967 - 1970
- 11P
-
-
Monarch 2nd Pat
-
1970 - 1974
- 11R
-
-
CF2
-
1973 - 1986
- 12N
-
7mm Rem Mag
-
Monarch 1st Pat
-
1968 - 1970
- 12P
-
-
Monarch 2nd Pat
-
1970 - 1972
- 12R
-
-
CF2
-
1973 - 1985
- 13P
-
.300 Winchester
-
Monarch 2nd Pat
-
1970 -1973
- 14P
-
Magnum
-
-
- 14R
-
-
CF2
-
1978 - 1986
- 15P
-
.22 .250
-
Monarch 2nd Pat
-
1971 - 1973
- 15R
-
-
CF2
-
1973 - 1986