si brown 8,486 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 called in at pickering guns on the way home from work and piked up the project/prize! hope you think its a worthy contender, just fired it in the back garden and I'm shocked its really nice!!! tx'ish dare i say mod 52 diana rob at the shop let me have it for a very modest price when i told him what it was for so thanks rob at pg i think this will come up great with a good mac over and make an excellent prize! if your still up for the challenge mac pm me your address and ill get her sent up to you cheers mac atb si 10 Quote Link to post
jonnie bravo 572 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 The dianas have a good rep, and the 52 is some beast. Should be as good as any tx once fettled I'd imagine. 1 Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Nice little project Quote Link to post
mattwhite 1,993 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Reminds me of my old webley tracker sidelever??? 1 Quote Link to post
tomburras 2,730 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Nice guns these, can be tricky to keep them sub 12. Chambers do a drop in kit i fitted one to mine and it shot great. If you strip it dont open up the trigger unit - very fiddly to put back together! 1 Quote Link to post
si brown 8,486 Posted June 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Nice little project cheers vm nearly fell over when i fired it, wasn't expecting it to feel like it did! in a good way the stock certainly needs a life line, the pittings not too bad so i think it'll come up great internaly not sure but it sounds good. off out shooting now cos the weathers ace atb si 2 Quote Link to post
tomburras 2,730 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Nice little project cheers vmnearly fell over when i fired it, wasn't expecting it to feel like it did! in a good way the stock certainly needs a life line, the pittings not too bad so i think it'll come up great internaly not sure but it sounds good. off out shooting now cos the weathers ace atb si Good luck! Quote Link to post
tomburras 2,730 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Nice little project cheers vmnearly fell over when i fired it, wasn't expecting it to feel like it did! in a good way the stock certainly needs a life line, the pittings not too bad so i think it'll come up great internaly not sure but it sounds good. off out shooting now cos the weathers ace atb si Good luck! Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,806 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Top class SI that stock dose need a going over mate ill pm you my addy are you doing the blueing as iv not done the blueing before but i no a good rfd that dose and he is a mate he may do it for us atvbmac :thumbs: Quote Link to post
Rez 4,961 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 F'kin superb. Nice to see an old vintage about on here. Quote Link to post
si brown 8,486 Posted June 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Top class SI that stock dose need a going over mate ill pm you my addy are you doing the blueing as iv not done the blueing before but i no a good rfd that dose and he is a mate he may do it for us atvbmac :thumbs: address sorted mac iv never done it but I've watched a few doing it on the web, doesn't look that hard to do! but the bloke may be ace at doing it and makes it look easy ill send it up and see what you think! apart from the sling stud holes its not got any dencs or cracks in the stock, its just suffering from full on varnish trauma but your the man for that, brickys make shite joiners!! haha you want to have a go with it when it turns up, you'll be shocked! if this old beast works like this i bet the new ones are ace.... but i can see this being a cracker just put it in a tx box, fits perfect... ill drop it off at my mates aft work tomorrow and he can send it off for me, he uses couriers all the time i wouldn't know where to start atb and have fun si 1 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,806 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Ill get the blueing sorted even if iv got to pay for it to be done im looking forward to doing this one especially as its going to a good coarse Mind ill say this now so mark my words YOU MAY NOT WANT TO GIVE IT TO THEM WHEN ITS ALL DONE atvbmac PS,,, what about a tune and polish or just a polish whats the recoil like on her Si Quote Link to post
philpot 5,014 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) This should prove to be an interesting project Si but I think I must have missed something, what prize ??? Phil Edited June 7, 2016 by philpot 2 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,806 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 This should prove to be an interesting project Si but I think I must have missed something, what prize ??? Phil Im going to give the action to my mate Vizlauk to strip and polish it and do the blueing if he has time or wants to get on bored as its for charity if not ill pass it on to my rfd mate to do atvbmac 1 Quote Link to post
si brown 8,486 Posted June 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 This should prove to be an interesting project Si but I think I must have missed something, what prize ??? Phil Im going to give the action to my mate Vizlauk to strip and polish it and do the blueing if he has time or wants to get on bored as its for charity if not ill pass it on to my rfd mate to do atvbmac ill sling a few quid in for the bluing mac, been looking for this stuff i saw ages ago and can't bloody find it now typica re.... recoil its nice mac, all i thought was its like me tx i can see this being a nice gun considering theres no mod on it its bloody quiet too! the action all feels good too considering it probably hasn't been used for a while, it was tucked at the back of the shop cos the lad was wanting to restore it for him self! are you off to the august bash mac cos you can just give it to davey, think i might go with me shooting mate, it looks like a good weekend! atb si 1 Quote Link to post
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