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  1. pianoman
    Yes please if that's alright for my Pro Sport! Thank you Phil! Maybe we can talk about your Dremmel too Best regards. Simon
  2. pianoman
    Love to come up for it but, honestly? I'm tied up with client meetings, a dinner for Helen... and totally made up with my new Pro Sport and will be out shooting over my perms with it that saturday/sunday weekend! Have a great time there though, you lads
  3. pianoman
    Thanks for this Si. I'll set to work on the cocking link but to fair, there isn't a glitch, issue or a fault with my Pro Sport as it came out of the box. She hasn't disappointed me in any part or performance in her. I've put about 400 AA Field 5.52 mm pellets through the barrel and she's getting smoother and consistantly accurate, hits as hard as any full power up-to-the-limit rifle I've had before. In short there's nothing that really needs doing now. But anything to make her near-recoiless, quieten her action and make her smoother all round, would be a nicety. Not a necessity. Cheers Si
  4. pianoman
    I've been following the thread and watched a few Youtube vids on this Tinbum drop-in kit with a TX200. It all looks quite easy, straight forward and improves smoothness of the rifle's firing cycle and the shot. If it works this well in a Pro Sport, as it seems from Si's post above, , I'm seriously tempted for one to fit mine. 6 power washers. Is that a normal thing? I need to get mine chronographed I think. She's hitting tight, sub-half inch groups at 35 metres now!
  5. pianoman
    THAT STOCK IS COMING UP BEAUTIFUL!! Well done Ethan. Keep on it mate it's going to be a cracking little rifle this when it comes together. You must bring it down with you when you come to visit us again with Grandad! All the best young fella. Simon and Helen XX
  6. pianoman
    Hi Ethan. It looks terrific mate. You and grandad have been really busy here. When it's finished and reassembled I reckon you'll have a real contender for the "Vintage Club" here. I think there is a youtube vid of an American air rifle shooter called Tom Gaylord, he's describing the "Artillery Hold" as the Americans call it, for shooting a spring air rifle and I think the rifle he's demonstrating with, is one example of this very early Beeman rifle you've been restoring here. It's the only example of a Beeman Magnum I've ever seen until you came out with yours. So, it could be a pretty
  7. pianoman
    Twat Simon could not get next day mate as its a bank holiday so just went with express 24hrs same as you bro atvbjimmy :thumbs: Thanks Paulnix I don't recommend doing it if you have a heart condition! I had a few heart-stopping moments on the way. I got the rifle home, out of the box and just looked at it for the day. The next morning, it was the action out of the stock, a deep breath and straight to work with medium grit paper on the grip Watching the wood being taken away from that beautiful walnut was a heart stopping moment but, once you get it underway, you aren'
  8. pianoman
    Those pics aren't going to this stock justice Jimmy. ... But it's looking fabulous. I'll hold off on the butt-pad for now mate. The balance of this rifle is spot on with a scope on board and adding a hefty metal-backed pad might tip it slightly. It's already lost a few ounces of wood as it is. The thing now is to get it back together with the metalwork and see how it all comes together in my left hand and at my shoulder, downrange on the targets. Then out to the rabbits and pigeons,,,, I can't thank you enough my dear friend. I'll get Helen on the case with pics when the rifle
  9. pianoman
    Nope. Not for me. Some thing's shouldn't be undertaken, just because they can be. I reckon it's going to be a bit of a handful to cock it if the power's up to the limit.
  10. pianoman
    I'm soon to undertake re-engraving the filligrees of my Pro Sport walnut stock after some reshaping and modifying work has been undertaken on it. For me, it's a little nicety to adorn the chequering panels. And that's all it shpould be really. I suppose it all depends on what is carved, how well it is undertaken and how well it is finished. I like to see classical filligree and Acanthus Leaf scrolls carved and engraved on a rifle or shotgun. But it must be of the highest standards of craft and draughtsmanship. Not just some wannabe novice let loose with a Dremmel who's never drawn a matchs
  11. pianoman
    Thanks stecorr. And a cracking rifle the HW97K. Good luck with your darling wife..I'm sure she'll understand.
  12. pianoman
    No Phil but AA Owner's Club would be a starting place.
  13. pianoman
    Well said Mark. I've really begun to think, it's actually not a bad idea of yours, stated earlier on the original thread to this project that, perhaps, I really ought to write to the Airgun Press, Terry Doe and Co and show em these photographs and write an article on how to reshape and modify the Pro Sport stock for a left hand shooter to comfortably use, with Jimmy's help in oiling and finishing. Plus how easy it is to load the rifle through its right-handed port, once you get the knack of it. I wonder how it will be received by the left hand shooting fraternity who, like me, hav
  14. pianoman
    It'll be a very fine line-drawn cut in the engraving work Phil, in keeping with the rest of the engraved designs around the chequering panels . There will be no need to cut away any wood to raise the design in high relief. And the stock will need a hand-rubbed re-oiling once a month so that will take care of the untreated wood. Don't forget a lot of custom gunstock engraving is applied to customers gunstocks that have been already oil finished. It may need a dark stain infusion to bring out the engraved work and then an oil rubbed in. but that's about it really.
  15. pianoman
    I've just seen the pics...I'll get up off the floor in a minute or two....You know those car restoration shows like Overhaulin' and Car SOS where they turn one car of a certain condition into a stunningly beautiful restoration...Well...It's a bit like that ! How the bloody Hell did I have the nerve to do this in the first place.....???
  16. pianoman
    That's all standard for the rifle David. The pointed flash into the chequering on the pistol grip is my own device. I had to cut that in to hide and remove the last bulge of the raised line that flows from the cheek-piece into the grip. That is all going to be engraved with a new line following the curve down, into the point of the flash and back out down to form the new Acanthus leaf scrolls that will match (I hope) and blend with the scroll filligree work at the lower right of the grip chequering panel. I'm starting work on forming a new design that will make it uniquely my Pro Sport and
  17. pianoman
    Thank you so much indeed Mark. Very kind of you sir. A lot of careful work, hard graft and few scares I don't mind telling you. But well worth it for the outcome. Jimmy's going to finish it with Tung Oil. It's his recommendation and I won't argue with a man who knows his stuff like Jimmy does! When it's all finished and oiled and finally engraved it's going to be lovely. Really lovely. My own, left handed Air Arms Pro Sport. 'Never thought I'd ever be able to say that. Fantastic rifle. Been test shooting and running in on my 35 metre range. All the best Mark. Simon
  18. pianoman
    For now though, I'm just really gratefull to Jimmy and his fantastic help in making it possible to finally own a Pro Sport of my own. A bloody shame Air Arms doesn't seem to have quite the same "Can do" spirit as this. :no:
  19. pianoman
    Thank you Tom. The plan I have in mind, is to follow-through the lost engraved line that runs along the outside of the chequer panel from the top of it, continue it downwards along the curved back of the panel and follow it into the pointed flash I had to cut and then, down to form into the missing Acanthus leaf and scroll work that will appear to rise and flow from the bottom right corner of the chequer panel and join it neatly with the remaining leaf and scroll.. I'll make some drawings to finalise my plan and to work it all from. Basically, I'll use the good scrollworks on the opposite
  20. pianoman
    BRILLIANT Thank you so much for this Jimmy. Treat it as your own stock and do whatever you feel is needed to finish it. That pointed "flash" into the chequering, by the way, was where the flow-line from the cheek-piece ran into the grip. It had to come out as it still was enough to push against my hand. That bulge along the top of the comb height, I don't know how that came in but, that was where the roll-over was and had to be removed and reduce the height a little to make a comfortable cheek rest for scope height, the other way as it were. This is what had to be done to the stock overa
  21. pianoman
    I'll get back to you Phil. I've sent the stock up to Jimmy for his crittical eye and hand to work his magic over. :hmm: I'll get back to you when I know when it'll be back with me here. Best regards. Simon
  22. pianoman
    I have to be honest Tom. It's necessity being the mother of invention here. And it's bloody frightening what has had to be done to make it work :icon_eek: For a start, the walnut stock is not quite the same profile as the earlier version Beech stock that Jimmy converted for me. A lot more wood had to taken out and reshaped before it has reached fitting and testing stage. But there we are. It's now ready for oil and finishing work. . I'll get pics of it up when it's done as soon as possible.
  23. pianoman
    If you HW80 is a good one, you have a rifle that can what a hole in a rat, pigeon or rabbit's head at any range you are capable of. I can hit a single pellet hole all day at 35 metres zero range with mine. And a half-inch group at 50. I am never lost for a reliable get-out-and-go-shoot air rifle with my HW80 .22. Absolutely superb FAC air rifle if you go the on-ticket air rifle route Matt. Never runs out of puff and hits like a train! You've definitely got a sweet 80' here! ATB. Simon
  24. pianoman
    40 is my hunting maximum until I know her inside out pal.I've just been out and got a golf ball size group at 45 and at 50......well 50 needs some work It'll do it Matt no problem. Down to a half-inch group at 50 metres if you get the pellet and hold technique spot on consistant. These are incredibly reliable and amazingly accurate break barrel rifles. In fact, theHW80 is still the best of the lot. I've recently tried a Walther LGU and I'm not that swung over by these. They are fine rifles. But there's a nice, reassuring feel to the good old HW80. Maybe it's just me and I've got an absolu
  25. pianoman
    Thanks very much indeed Mark. I've just ordered a complete Tru Oil gunstock kit to finish her off. The hard part of reshaping the stock is almost over with the height of the comb reaching about where I want it to be. A bit more sanding down and that should be fine. Then, it'll be time to put the metalwork action back into the stock with my preferred 40mmm Hawke Panorama scope on board to fine tune the overall feel and fit of the riflestock. I've managed to remove the slight bulge of the flowline into the chequering by removing it and disguising the cut into a diamond flash by removing a si
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