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  1. andyfr1968
    Nice one, Wurz. I'm really glad it's all working out well.
  2. andyfr1968
    However the damage has happened, it's no big deal and Moxy's first reply was right, it just seems to have been taken the wrong way.
  3. andyfr1968
    If it works, it works. Like you say, it's a tool for a job. I'm a big fan of the Diana side levers and that's a tool that'll see you well.
  4. andyfr1968
    With the washer in the spring must be going 'solid' before the trigger can engage on the piston. As for the spring, give Sandwell Fieldsports a go. I've fitted a few of their spring kits now and I'm very happy with their quality.
  5. andyfr1968
    You obviously have never tried Rook Pie. That takes me back a few years!! An old gamekeeper mate of mine made a beautiful rook pie. Nicely washed down with his home made sloe gin
  6. andyfr1968
    I've got exactly one of those right now. He's a friend of a friend who's recently bought a lovely big house with a few acres of pasture next to it in north Leeds and all the rabbits that have been happily minding their own buisiness for many years are now the devil's children. They cause little to no damage really but because they're sometimes eating a few of his precious plants, they've all got to die. I guess this may sound funny to some folks reading this.....
  7. andyfr1968
    Fair comment, Moxy. I know they do cause a bit of grief but it's a small amount compared to other corvids especially crows and maggies. Most of the time I see them they're just digging around for grubs. Maybe I'm a little soft towards rooks as many years ago I had to clear a very old and well established rookery due to a new houseing development on the outskirts of Collingham. I felt a lot more sorry for the rooks than I did for the folks moaning about the noise.
  8. andyfr1968
    Why shoot them? Apart from noise problems if they're close to houses, they cause feck all problems. I've often wondered why rooks are even on the 'vermin' list. If anyone can enlighten me I'd be greatful.
  9. andyfr1968
    Yey.
  10. andyfr1968
    I don't quite follow that. What do you mean?
  11. andyfr1968
    Anything that's eatable gets scoffed by either myself and family, given to friends or eaten by dogs if it's a bit rough. Edit to add.....
  12. andyfr1968
    I see where you're coming from and I also like higher powered .177s, they do have their uses. The problem you'll get is that most flat heads tend to be on the light side so that means that at the kind of power you're asking for that most of them will be leaving the barrel at close to the speed of sound and that's where all sorts of funny things happen to a projectile. Flat heads are really designed for low powered target guns to shoot a nice clean hole in a paper target at between around two to six hundred FPS and not close to the twelve hundered that you'll end up close to at 18. They rea
  13. andyfr1968
    An 18ft-lb .177 won't solve your problem with holes in the roof. If you need something for that kind of close range shooting get a sub 12 .22.
  14. andyfr1968
    If I was still doing pest control as part of my job then a big bottled multi shot PCP every time. However I'm not anymore and I've never had anything like the satisfaction out of a PCP that I get from a springer. I'll stick with my HW90, thanks.
  15. andyfr1968
    Hft is a group that help people with learning disabilities isn't it? Talking about shooting on a disabilities website isn't really normal..
  16. andyfr1968
    What an odd first post. How do you feel about killing guilty animals? Welcome to the forum
  17. andyfr1968
    I think I'll stick to my 90
  18. andyfr1968
    Make sure there's nothing combustable in the compression chamber. The piston seal on those will happily run dry. The only lube that should ever be used on a springer's piston seal is pure silicon grease and even then only a tiny smear.
  19. andyfr1968
    If your chrono's reading right and you're reading it right then it must be dieselling. There's no way an will make that sort of power otherwise.
  20. andyfr1968
    I've never once either used or needed one. Although I won't say that some weren't a struggle!!
  21. andyfr1968
    A lot of older HW barrels liked the old 5.6 Wasps. I had one of the very first 80's sold in the UK and it shot very nicely thank you with them as did many others.
  22. andyfr1968
    I hope you get sorted, mate. They're a cracking rifle when working correctly but those triggers can be a pig.
  23. andyfr1968
    I was given a B2 a couple of years ago by an old girlfriend and honestly, it was a pretty much unuseable pile of junk. The barrel was slack in the jaws, the trigger pretty much needed two fingers to release and it twanged and rattled like no other gun I've ever used. That said, after a few hours in the workshop, a good strip, clean and relube, new seals and a more suitable spring I did manage to turn the dog into an OK little plinker for my boys to use. So unless you can get one for next to nothing and you're prepared to do some work on it then it's really best forgotten. As Mole's sai
  24. andyfr1968
    Nice post. I find it iteresting that you mention the Diana side levers as I've always really rated them above other springers at higher power levels. The 48 and 52 are the same apart from their stocks and the 54 uses the same basic action but on a sliding sledge semi recoilless platform. How do you guys rate them over in the US compared to other makes?
  25. andyfr1968
    Out of all the rifles being built today then yes, it's up there with the best of them. It's no better than a modern AA, just different. I know I'm sticking myself out on a limb here but if I was in the market for another gun I'd be looking at something that was built over ten years ago by either manufacturer. Their quality control was way better back then and I know that if I was careful with my choice then the worst that I'd be looking at was a good service and fettle but that seems to be the case with many new rifles these days. Sadly..... Sad but true, they're not made like they u
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