Blackbriar 8,569 Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Somewhere to post queries, seek advice and show off projects...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Hey, look at you lot getting all technical. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted August 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Hey, look at you lot getting all technical. My mates call me a Midlands engineer, mate....."We're going to need a bigger hammer !" I'm not technically minded at all - I've also got 3 air rifles, but I've got very little idea what goes on inside them.....and I can't be the only one. Might be nice to have a section where you could gain some knowledge about such things ? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bob.243 8,877 Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Good idea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted August 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 .....and legal modifications. I tarted up the old Anschutz 410 that I bought, with a bit of help from Professor Google. I just stripped the dark, old varnish off the stock and refinished with linseed and beeswax. A knowledgeable mate showed me how to re-blue the barrel and Robert's your dad's brother ! Basic stuff, but we must have a huge amount of knowledge that could be tapped by novices, like me.......? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deadeye18 164 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 I just refinished a an especially foul and abused Russian captured k98,wish I'd taken before and after photos now.I think a restoration and modification section is a great idea.Come on mods what's the verdict? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Are we talking just airguns or all guns? Don't want to get swamped with 10 gazillion pics of how to stain a bit of wood inch by inch do we? If it was all guns i think it's a good idea. Not down to me though. We'll see what the main man has to say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Are we talking just airguns or all guns? Don't want to get swamped with 10 gazillion pics of how to stain a bit of wood inch by inch do we? If it was all guns i think it's a good idea. Not down to me though. We'll see what the main man has to say. All guns...shotties, air, rifles, the lot. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 I'm one of those people who imagines that, if I undo the wrong screw, pieces of metal will BOING all over the room !I'd also like to strip and refurb my old 12 bore, but I don't fancy learning to do it by trial and error ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deadeye18 164 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 If anyone out there knows how to do a good DIY hot blue I'd like to see!I'm also interested in people's methods of removing cosmoline from solid walnut and laminate stocks.Done pretty well myself but always interested in better ways. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 I'd like to be a bit more advanced than this..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 You do all realise this is the site suggestion section, don't you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 You do all realise this is the site suggestion section, don't you? Yes, but we were having such a nice chat..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 If we did have a section like that it'd be hard to know what subsection to put it in. The problem being airgunners rarely look outside of the airgun section and vice-versa. Either way the first person to refer to his gun as "she" or "her" or even worse, by name, gets banned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 If we did have a section like that it'd be hard to know what subsection to put it in. The problem being airgunners rarely look outside of the airgun section and vice-versa. Either way the first person to refer to his gun as "she" or "her" or even worse, by name, gets banned. New, separate section under "Sporting Guns" ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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