I grabbed one of these last week from the local shop in black pepper laminate with a lower serial than RnL's, absolutely brilliant air rifle, shoulders very comfortably, great accuracy. Worth every penny imo. Pellet wise, I'm using Air Arms Diablo Field and it loves them.
Nice review Rack, must admit I’ve been on the fence with this one but your review has inspired me. I’ve had many BSA pcp rifles over the years and currently own a Scorpion SE. Like many others that have been around the houses umpteen times with all the major manufactures anything new always tends to perk our interest levels. Sadly in the current saturated market there’s so much choice and any rehashed offerings usually spark negative opinions everywhere what I can’t stand though is all those so called shooting forum members who have slated a product without actually ever seeing the product in real life let alone shouldering or owning it. I’ve read quite a fair bit of negative stuff about the Defiant over the last few months and I guarantee probably 99% of them haven’t got a clue what they are going on about. it’s refreshing to see your honest opinion on it, it’s certainly one on my radar that’s for sure so once again thanks for taking the time to review this new BSA....Nick
Hi Nick, yep, totally agree with you. Myself, I try not to make an opinion until I have the item in my hands! I think the BSA is great but it's a heavy weight rifle with a heavy weight price tag. Atb, Rack.
Spot on review..again..your right with the pellet use it loves the air arms diablo.an absolutly fantastic bullpup rifle i love my 1.a massive thumbs up from a very proud owner that will always keep this in my stock of rifles.
Thinking between this Bsa Defiant or Remingtons Airacobra both pcp, bullpups (semi) styled but like the sound of the wooden coated stock, maybe saving pennies for both Rem. Airacobra you need to review i think you could be surprised , but love BSA Barrels, great video nice .
You can double load the gun, and once in a blue moon a pellet gets jammed , somehow in the mag and breach , and you gently have to wiggle the mag with gentle pulling and wiggle on the bolt , 3 times in 6 months it happened to me , and a friends gun that was only 4 months old did it , twice in one day ,, I’ll stick to my Krals , cheers Shane
I know you would have your favourites and the key points to be mentioned are the following: Power Sound level Trigger pull weight Barrel length Weighing with scope or without Accuracy of course I was very disappointed that you forgot to cover the areas we as regular air rifle enthusiasts always look forward to! Please cover them next time . . .
I had a hold of one at Solware, if felt lovely, and for a second I considered swapping it for the rifle I had just purchased, but I didn't. It did make think yet again (after having played with Wildcat's and Bantam's) that there is a real gap in the market for.........wait for it........a really nice .22lr bullpup. :)
Want it lots been waiting for a good review on this rifle and if you say it's good I'm starting to fill my pigy bank to get one . like you I love the pepper stock but I want it for hunting so it's probably going to be the soft touch (cheeper to so I can get it sooner) love the reviews keep up the good work
Cheers Rack. For you to rave on then knowing you this is some gun! Looking to add to my collection so will be testing this gun out. Thanks Rack, love your reviews bro.Dr P.
Dr Paul, hope you are good. Haven't seen you at he range for a while! This guy is a real gentleman folks, there was a young disabled kid who couldn't afford to join our club and he didn't have a gun. The good Dr bought him a gun and paid all his fees. Credit where it's do IMO.
Must have been a good review guys. So good. I bought one. Those who say it too expensive. Haven’t tried one. And the closest competitor in bullpup is the Daystate and that’s closer to £1500. This is the best BSA to date. And I really did my research first. Although I have the peppered black stock and it was less £1000
Nice looking bullpup , expensive as well , and heavy. Only two calibers ? For much green you would think they would offer 25 at least ? I have the Edgun Leshiy 13 inches folded 23 inches shoot ready moderator included , plus its available in the 3 calibers that can be switched in the field with one allen wrench.Was it cheap ( no sir ) ! But it has more usable features. I like backpacking airguns that can be thrown in backpack and taken anywhere. It would take a bigger backpack to fit a 31 inch bullpup into , plus 10 pounds is kind of heavy. I do like the BSA Defiant . Would i buy it ? No . Looks like a high tone FX, sort of the same stying? I have the BSA Scorpion Se in .177 and i love that rifle but it is heavy as well. Accurate as all heck. Great backyard shooter with the 6 inch moderator all you hear is the hammer hitting the valve. Anyway nice video thanks for the review .
A 1000 quid ! come on BSA what are you thinking, nice rifle but it will go down like a lead balloon when theres the likes of HW, Brocock, Air Arms, FX, etc all doing well for less money, ok its regulated in a semi configuration with a side lever, but you are late to the table as others offer these things for less. Hope you do well but to really do well you need to compete on price. Thanks for sharing Rack.
Cool gun but the sling swivel stud is mounted to far forward, there’s no way you could attach a rail for a bipod without having the rail sticking past the front of the stock.
I’m just getting bk into my shooting held one of these yesterday felt great but price too much imo can I ask for hunting mainly out of a car window what pcp would you go for? I had a air arms 410 years ago very happy with it but what’s your opinion
If you're after a real bullpup that you can use easily from a car window, take a look at the Zbroia Kozak. Pellpax are doing them for £540 (+delivery to your door). Choose from 2 lengths in both major calibres. They are getting excellent reviews.
Mmm..to be honest the groupings are not good enough to go hunting with but i like the tactical soft touch the cocking action(its very smooth) and the trigger pull is fantastic.the price i think is ok compared to the wildcat,pulsar,galahad and renegade but the accuracy is terrible in my eyes for a rifle at this price it should be on par with my s510 and my hw100..come on bsa it needs to be better on accuracy else where are you going to shoot it,no good for target shooting def no good for hunting so where can you use it,whats the point in having one(apart from in a collection)Thats why ive sent mine back to bsa to see if they can sort it out..other than that the feel,the handling and the weight of the rifles fine for me,no issue with any of that and the shouldering is fantastic.mmmmm again just the accuracy is the biggest issue for me perhaps mine was just a dud knowing my luck it prob is.
Way too heavy for a Bullpup why in the world would they make a Bullpup and it nearly way in 10 lb without a scope that is absolutely crazy you don't see any of the Wildcats way in 10 lb without a scope what are they thinking I don't even have a shotgun that weighs 10 lb I sure ain't going to buy an air gun that weighs 10 lb with a scope
I had the ultra was great not many shots per fill but good that looks terrible I think gamo are deliberately making them look shit why I don't no maybe to push there gamo range first who now's it looks crap
This gun is way overpriced! BSA has got overconfident following their deserved success with the R10. There are other much better guns at this price out there, so choose carefully folks.
come across this today fully impressed with the up close clear detail of the rifle in this review not something i have seen before by others .
Cheers buddy! Hope you subbed! 👍🙂
I grabbed one of these last week from the local shop in black pepper laminate with a lower serial than RnL's, absolutely brilliant air rifle, shoulders very comfortably, great accuracy. Worth every penny imo. Pellet wise, I'm using Air Arms Diablo Field and it loves them.
Nice review Rack, must admit I’ve been on the fence with this one but your review has inspired me. I’ve had many BSA pcp rifles over the years and currently own a Scorpion SE. Like many others that have been around the houses umpteen times with all the major manufactures anything new always tends to perk our interest levels. Sadly in the current saturated market there’s so much choice and any rehashed offerings usually spark negative opinions everywhere what I can’t stand though is all those so called shooting forum members who have slated a product without actually ever seeing the product in real life let alone shouldering or owning it. I’ve read quite a fair bit of negative stuff about the Defiant over the last few months and I guarantee probably 99% of them haven’t got a clue what they are going on about. it’s refreshing to see your honest opinion on it, it’s certainly one on my radar that’s for sure so once again thanks for taking the time to review this new BSA....Nick
Hi Nick, yep, totally agree with you. Myself, I try not to make an opinion until I have the item in my hands! I think the BSA is great but it's a heavy weight rifle with a heavy weight price tag. Atb, Rack.
Spot on review..again..your right with the pellet use it loves the air arms diablo.an absolutly fantastic bullpup rifle i love my 1.a massive thumbs up from a very proud owner that will always keep this in my stock of rifles.
Thinking between this Bsa Defiant or Remingtons Airacobra both pcp, bullpups (semi) styled but like the sound of the wooden coated stock, maybe saving pennies for both Rem. Airacobra you need to review i think you could be surprised , but love BSA Barrels, great video nice .
You can double load the gun, and once in a blue moon a pellet gets jammed , somehow in the mag and breach , and you gently have to wiggle the mag with gentle pulling and wiggle on the bolt , 3 times in 6 months it happened to me , and a friends gun that was only 4 months old did it , twice in one day ,, I’ll stick to my Krals , cheers Shane
I know you would have your favourites and the key points to be mentioned are the following:
Power
Sound level
Trigger pull weight
Barrel length
Weighing with scope or without
Accuracy of course
I was very disappointed that you forgot to cover the areas we as regular air rifle enthusiasts always look forward to! Please cover them next time . . .
I did! Watch the video again...
are you going to do a review on the zbroia kozak
I had a hold of one at Solware, if felt lovely, and for a second I considered swapping it for the rifle I had just purchased, but I didn't. It did make think yet again (after having played with Wildcat's and Bantam's) that there is a real gap in the market for.........wait for it........a really nice .22lr bullpup. :)
Want it lots been waiting for a good review on this rifle and if you say it's good I'm starting to fill my pigy bank to get one . like you I love the pepper stock but I want it for hunting so it's probably going to be the soft touch (cheeper to so I can get it sooner) love the reviews keep up the good work
In your own honest opinion , what would you recommend, thi BSA bullpup, the walther reign bullpup, or the hw 100 bullpup.
Hw100
Thanks mate that will do for me
Cheers Rack. For you to rave on then knowing you this is some gun! Looking to add to my collection so will be testing this gun out. Thanks Rack, love your reviews bro.Dr P.
Dr Paul, hope you are good. Haven't seen you at he range for a while! This guy is a real gentleman folks, there was a young disabled kid who couldn't afford to join our club and he didn't have a gun. The good Dr bought him a gun and paid all his fees. Credit where it's do IMO.
Must have been a good review guys. So good. I bought one. Those who say it too expensive. Haven’t tried one. And the closest competitor in bullpup is the Daystate and that’s closer to £1500. This is the best BSA to date. And I really did my research first. Although I have the peppered black stock and it was less £1000
WEIHRAUCH seems a better option, with their trigger and moderator its value would have a higher retention.
I have one it's very good for hunting
I'm using jsb 18grains
Accurate
Nice accuracy! it doesn't seem pellet fussy.
some trigger creep there on second stage before it went off ?
Nice looking bullpup , expensive as well , and heavy. Only two calibers ? For much green you would think they would offer 25 at least ? I have the Edgun Leshiy 13 inches folded 23 inches shoot ready moderator included , plus its available in the 3 calibers that can be switched in the field with one allen wrench.Was it cheap ( no sir ) ! But it has more usable features. I like backpacking airguns that can be thrown in backpack and taken anywhere. It would take a bigger backpack to fit a 31 inch bullpup into , plus 10 pounds is kind of heavy. I do like the BSA Defiant . Would i buy it ? No . Looks like a high tone FX, sort of the same stying? I have the BSA Scorpion Se in .177 and i love that rifle but it is heavy as well. Accurate as all heck. Great backyard shooter with the 6 inch moderator all you hear is the hammer hitting the valve. Anyway nice video thanks for the review .
A 1000 quid ! come on BSA what are you thinking, nice rifle but it will go down like a lead balloon when theres the likes of HW, Brocock, Air Arms, FX, etc all doing well for less money, ok its regulated in a semi configuration with a side lever, but you are late to the table as others offer these things for less. Hope you do well but to really do well you need to compete on price. Thanks for sharing Rack.
Weihwrauch don't make a bullpup... & FX, Air Arms & Brococks regulated bullpups are all £1000+.. 🤔
Totally agree ....Overpriced. BSA home produced rip off price
Cool gun but the sling swivel stud is mounted to far forward, there’s no way you could attach a rail for a bipod without having the rail sticking past the front of the stock.
Beautiful looking rifle best looking bull pup on the market. Side lever cocking mechanism looks extremely robust.
the guage is put there because its a regged rifle and it saves having two guages neil.
I’m just getting bk into my shooting held one of these yesterday felt great but price too much imo can I ask for hunting mainly out of a car window what pcp would you go for? I had a air arms 410 years ago very happy with it but what’s your opinion
If you're after a real bullpup that you can use easily from a car window, take a look at the Zbroia Kozak. Pellpax are doing them for £540 (+delivery to your door). Choose from 2 lengths in both major calibres. They are getting excellent reviews.
SUBBED RACK, i like heavy guns except carrying any canons around Barrett m82A1 ? LOL im not likelynto get hold of one
Racknload which do you prefer the BSA Defiant or the Air Arm's Galahad?
BSA buddy...
Can you increase power to more than sub 12ft pounds? Will it be easy?
Nope
Cant you show a shotstring or looks it not so good ?
great review , but with hw110 at £650 ish , needs to be cheaper ,
Agreed.
Mmm..to be honest the groupings are not good enough to go hunting with but i like the tactical soft touch the cocking action(its very smooth) and the trigger pull is fantastic.the price i think is ok compared to the wildcat,pulsar,galahad and renegade but the accuracy is terrible in my eyes for a rifle at this price it should be on par with my s510 and my hw100..come on bsa it needs to be better on accuracy else where are you going to shoot it,no good for target shooting def no good for hunting so where can you use it,whats the point in having one(apart from in a collection)Thats why ive sent mine back to bsa to see if they can sort it out..other than that the feel,the handling and the weight of the rifles fine for me,no issue with any of that and the shouldering is fantastic.mmmmm again just the accuracy is the biggest issue for me perhaps mine was just a dud knowing my luck it prob is.
This looks a lot like my Gamo Boxer.
Way too heavy for a Bullpup why in the world would they make a Bullpup and it nearly way in 10 lb without a scope that is absolutely crazy you don't see any of the Wildcats way in 10 lb without a scope what are they thinking I don't even have a shotgun that weighs 10 lb I sure ain't going to buy an air gun that weighs 10 lb with a scope
Who sells that sweet BSA DEFIANT 22CAL IN THE USA BEAUTIFUL PCP
Hwo mutch energy.... And speed... 0.22
only .22.... a wildcat .25 for me please!
Looks a bit dated now in design it brings things a bit late to the table even though a great rifle and to expensive great review though.
SUBBED RACK
Great video, but the Defiant is far too heavy and expensive
Way too expensive.
bloody hell that's as heavy as my 97 lol along with a bouncy hammer spring and costs too much
I'm looking to trade my HW97 for that reason alone, so this BP is probably not for me. At that price I would go for the WEIHRAUCH.
this or fx
Gotta be the fx wildcat mk2, same price, a lot lighter massively higher shot count and rediculously accurate. Thats just my opinion. 😉
This for me!
Fx hands down....i have a 25 cal wildcat and its the best out of all of my airguns...
Please we needs video's to learn fix the problems.which happened.for regulator and all part of this guns
Wow
I had the ultra was great not many shots per fill but good that looks terrible I think gamo are deliberately making them look shit why I don't no maybe to push there gamo range first who now's it looks crap
r ten better and lighter twice as many shots
Nice little gun but it’s to late to the game and about two hundred quid to much
This gun is way overpriced! BSA has got overconfident following their deserved success with the R10. There are other much better guns at this price out there, so choose carefully folks.
To expensive , rich man's toy
The Barrel Shroud and the Silencer are very Cheap and Trash
I will rather skip Your revue BECAUSE I AM ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING NASTY!
About my review or your grammer??
He's saying his moms ass is too big