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    Hi Si, Seems the meek have inherited the Earth after all. They starve cats of essential meat, go insane at the thought of killing anything with fur or feathers and push pens for the MOD! When they aren't having time off in a fit of the vapours over the shooting of a Magpie! I've just got off the phone, speaking to my landowner mates with a view to getting something organised for the Forum on my permissions. It's a 'No Sorry!' from them as there is an active shooting syndicate paying for their sport on the land and all the fields are arable crop-growing space which will be in full growi
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    He wants a Firearms Officer from the Military keeping an eye on us? How many of us are ex-military with years of service experience at JNCO/SNCO rank? And what about you Si, as a serving WO on that unit?? I thought officers like this arse were left behind in my day. Bet he's an over-promoted Admin desk wallah! I feckin' hate those creatures on a good day. Cowardly, by-the-book, piss on you behind your back and shake your hand from the front. They are the ones who laugh heartily at every crap, unfunny joke the CO makes! Hateful, spineless creatures you'll never see anywhere near a front l
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    We'd need a photo or two to assess a proper value aka-t50. But at your 7/10 estimate on condition, I'd say somewhere around bobbins for a fully shootable, functional if rust-pitted metals and battered, tatty stock. To £150 for an eminently restorable, surface-rusty rifle and tatty stock but with everything working and shooting accurately. If this is the first HW80 you've had, they are superbly tough and well made on the inside so, even the most abused can be brought back to shoot with superb accuracy. I love these German break barrels passionately! Does my bloody head in to see such fin
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    Cheers Skott I was wondering if you would note this about Bisley Magnum. Go try them; they might be just what your HW97 loves too!
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    Ok Lewis I'll let you know if I choose to sell it. It is an immaculate, unblemished thumbhole stock. I would have to see what these cost brand new and work out the selling price; OR see if there's someone out there with a left handed or neutral HW97/HW77 stock who might want to trade. I'm not certain this is the stock for my requirements from my shooting or that there is a pressing reason why I should change it. It is far from uncomfortable to shoot with. It is a beautifully well made stock but, it seems a tad small for me. We'll see Lewis before I make a decision on it. Hi Andy Jus
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    Elliott you're on! Tell me what you want for postage! Do you still have butt pad, grip cap and spacers? Thanks so much dear fellow! Simon
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    For hunting I have a beautiful Simmons Whitetail Classic 4.5-14x40 Super Night View on the .22 HW77 I have jjm. It is no longer made alas but, frankly, Simmons make a superb range of optics suitable for spring rifles. Bushnell are another. Not cheap but better than forking out for replacing lesser quality scopes. Pianoman
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    Cheers jjm
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    That's an incredible collection John. It's the best work of airgun history I've ever seen. It's lovely to see such fine guns so well kept and preserved. And I dare say you keep them all in perfect shooting order too. I know you have a particularly nice HW77 among your collection. Do you have any other Weihrauch or early Air Arms spring rifles? Thanks for sharing this wonderful collection John. Best wishes and compliments. Simon
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    Thanks mate. I will Daz courtesy of Elliott who's kindly sending me some to test. I'm delighted with the performance of Bisley Magnums with this 97KT. On a windless day I'll test all these pellets out to 60 metres and see how well they fly over that distance. Take care mate. Simon
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    Thank God we still have institutions that think openly and positively about instilling shooting skills and the discipline it fosters in young people. Lord Baden Powell would heartilly approve of this activity! Personally, I'm rather fed up with paranoid do-gooders who think this is fostering a taste for shooting as killing and so want to ban it. I wish we could ban them! Simon
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    Thanks Grayling. I thought the Camargue was a beautiful looking rifle. Another was the Shamal. That was when Air Arms were getting into serious gear to take on the Germans. I couldn't afford one, let alone a left-handed walnut version when they came out. Then, by the time I was earning decent money again, the TX200 replaced it! So I bought two of those! I've never yet owned a PCP air rifle. I'm 55 years old and I remember too well how these were in the late 70s when they first started to appear. Horrible, unreliable and phenominally expensive! I hate the way the cylinder and barrel ride t
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    Sincerest best wishes to you and your partner too Rob. I think that's serendipity calling to you about a new HW97 of your own! Wonderfully happy coincidence or, a subliminal omen? Can only be a sign of good things coming Rob! Happy news mate! All best wishes and regards. Simon
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    Okay Andy, you got the job for this one again mate. Make her as sweet and smoothly consistent as you possibly can pal! I've got a lot riding on this rifle. Not yet Elliott. I got your PM saying they were on their way. I'll keep an eye out for them tomorrow (Monday) onwards. I would upload pics if I had a digital camera and the know-how to post them. I'll leave that to Helen when I'm down with her again!I was thinking that Andy could do the fettling, honing and refining work on the base components while Tony Wall can finish it off with his reworking on the piston and guide plus the springs
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    Gentlemen. Well Friday afternoon I was over at RED BECK shooting supplies near Wakefield to collect my new Weihrauch HW97KT .177 rifle. You chaps who own and know these rifles need no further endorsement from me as to how stunningly beautiful these are. With a fit and finish that just oozes shooting confidence, I fished out my remaining stock of .177 ammo, H&N FTT, Air Arms Fields and JSB EXACT and spent the evening washing and lubing them. A call to Andy and we arranged to meet at his home to have a closer look and pick up some additional brands of ammo to try. After a delicious l
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    Ha Ha Ha!! Nice one Davy boy, I lol'd at that (cos i'm gettin' owld!!) To the OP, of over 90 guns in my collection, these two 'Stars' are the smoothest cockers (and shooters!) in my collection... I don't know whether they've been worked on but i'd guess that they have as they are just like silk in use John Now that's what I'm talking about. Beautiful air rifles these. And look at the condition! Makes me angry to see what the managing morons at BSA threw away. But that's British business for you, all over. John you must be very proud of these. I haven't seen eith
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    Oh bloody hell! I could never remember which was which, with the Feinwerkbau Sport . I do remember it was a breakthrough rifle in terms of its accuracy, all round performance and sheer good looks for its time. And the likes of Tony Wall these days could have turned it into a really superb performing sporting rifle. Pianoman
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    I had the .22 calibre Feinwerkbau 124 Sport. The FWB. 127 Sport was the .177 version. it was a fantastic air rifle. One I wish to this day I never sold. A real Audi of a German air rifle. Tony Wall would make an awesome job of it, I'm certain. Pianoman
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    WEBLEY PATRIOT. FAC .22 I had one of these as my first FAC air rifle after I got my ticket in 1976. It produced near 30ft/lbs and was blisteringly accurate on Eley Wasps. It would have been superb with a proper tune with todays component standards. WEBLEY OSPREY .22 This was a decent enough air rifle but it got twangy and loose-feeling after time. A custom tuner today would tighten it up and give it the better spring, guide and piston kit it needed. WEBLEY VULCAN. A great all-purpose sporting air rifle. Tuning would have made a fantastic job of this one BSA GOLDSTAR. This was
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    Probably the guy doing the filming put it on Pil. This has to be American. 'Nothing against Americans, they are a great race of people who can be just the nicest folks and lovely to know.... But what other race on earth produces such dumbfcuk stupidity???
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    Keep at it old mate, it's a bugger when nobody seems to want to know, but, someone will give you a break someplace. And go in daylight! Never in the dark!! You'll stand less chance of being greeted like a potential intruder...or pig fodder! Pianoman
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    Welcome here jjonn! You'll enjoy it
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    We have a simple 5-point rule to overcome in military sniping skills. SHAPE. SHADOW. SHIFT. SHIMMER and SHINE Good fieldcraft, camouflage and concealment encompasses all of these and addresses them successfully. It amazes me how much people will pay for camouflage jackets and trousers these days, when, really, there are a few fundamental defences our quarry possesses that we need to overcome, mostly with common sense. The key objective with you and your clothing, is to convince your quarry that you are not there. Ever! Before you shell out (Or waste!) serious money on cammo. There
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    Hi Grayling. Wow! That venom HW80 of yours must be a beauty. I've never yet seen a less-than -beautiful example. I don't think Venom made that rich walnut stock for a left hander like me, so, owning one was a never-to-be-realised dream. I have a magnificent HW80 on my ticket to make up for that though! I remember something like Optima had a Moonlighter range of scopes too and Tasco, I think, ended up re-branding their moonlighter as the Panorama WA (Wide Angle) because of legal concern regarding this. I'm not totally sure. But it was a good scope I do know! It had an objective lens
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