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    RWS Diana 54 is well known as the 54 AIRKING Mike. It's a fixed-barrel sidelever that's been around a good number of years now. I've done a bit of shooting with it and it's very nice all round. Air Arms TX200SR (=Semi Recoiless) was the best of the "Sliding-sledge" recoil dampening system the 54' features. That rifle was a real heavyweight beauty, alas no longer made by Air Arms. John Whiscombe did indeed hand-build-to-order a recoiless spring rifle with twin spring two-way pistons. Very effective, superbly accurate but, very expensive. Well over £1,000 per rifle. He still builds it I bel
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    If you are asking as to whether or not they are suitable for your rifle fella, you need to buy a tin and try em. They may be great , they may be naff . You have to try em' and give em' a fair old go, in order to find out for sure, yourself. Pianoman
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    You also seem to have forgotten to include the link Mike I can't see it on your thread! I take it this is another take on the 18th Century vintage Lewis & Clark expedition air rifle that Girandoni built?
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    Hi Ryan. Because there is a world of difference between cycling the bolt on an FAC tuned PCP and actually cocking a break barrel spring rifle with an FAC tune and a high performance spring in the cylinder. Have you ever tried to cock a break barrel spring rifle like an HW80K tuned to 19.5 ft/lbs? I do, I own an HW80 on ticket to that level of power. It's a noticeably heavier, much firmer cocking effort than a sub 12ft/lb rifle, when you begin shooting with it. After 30-40 shots and more, it's really an armful of cocking effort. An HW80 is a beautiful rifle to shoot with at higher power i
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    Little lad in bed with his sister. "Your a better F... than me mum! "Aye I know; she replies. "Dad said so!"
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    Aww bloody hell John, that's a sorry thing to hear about mate. It's got to be a rare part failure. If this rifle was poorly made or quality skimped on, it would have a bad rep well-rooted by now. Bet you anything, once she's back with you fixed up, she won't let you down again! My HW77 is still guiding her shots like lazers, mind All the best with her mate. Simon
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    Simple Andy, Leftys are 'GIFTED'. . regards Daz. HEYYYY MY BROTHER!! :friends:
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    I'm firmly in the lefty camp though, my HW77 has a neutral, ambidextrous stock and I've shot and killed rabbits off my right shoulder as cover while stalking demands. The ratio average is about 1 in 3 people are left handed. To answer Andy's point. Left handed people are right-hemisphere dominant in their use of their brains. This is where all our artistic creative thinking lies. A lot of artists and creative thinkers use this part of the brain, regardless of which is their natural handside. Also our level of instinct and cunning. A high number of criminals and murderers are
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    Blimey Ron you have a lovely run on the morning commute! Simon
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    Blimey Darryl that's pushing it on further still. I wondered what the difference a .177 round would make over extreme distance. Simon
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    Hi Bonham. Not used TR Robb but, they have a long and well-established reputation for tuning the HW80 up to FAC levels. They were one of the first airgunsmiths to specialise in the HW80's tuning capability and they certainly know the rifle. Give em a go! Simon
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    Then, he comes back here in the thin guise of other people, wondering why the hell people don't like him!
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    Seems you can't lose with any of these suggestions Rob. All great stuff. Simon
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    Oh it's all terribly scientific Tony I got a lad I know who shoots over the land to help by marking the landings! . He went up field with some white-painted dowells with white cotton streamers on for wind speed indication and marked the spots where the pellets fell with them. I measured the distance with a five metre steel tape and used tent spikes to mark the full run of tape between marks. It seemed to take forever all day, but we got an average of 410 metres into an area "group" of about 17 square feet, furthest to nearest, covered from my prone position. Simon
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    Sandwell Field Sports Tony Wall does an amazing job for £70.00, included with a spring that is superbly well made and harder wearing than most factory fitted springs. A number of lads here have had their spring rifles tuned by him and all seem very satisfied with the result. V-Mach Lazorglide are undoubtedly very good. They produce an amazing, fully kitted, walnut stocked and customised Weihrauch HW97k that will set you back over a thousand quid but it's an awesome machine. Not heard a bad thing about the V-Mach kits, but, I've not heard dancing for joy over them exactly, either What are
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    I once actually measured 410 metres in field No1 with my Sub 12 ft/lb .22 TX200 rifle Andy. Si Pittaway came up with a similar range with one of his rifles so, it's a decently honest figure mate. What you can control the shot to, as a precise, accurately aimed one however..... Simon
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    Aye Andy..... TILL YOUR SIDELEVER SNAPS IN HALF!!!! I'm sorry Andy but, you walked into that one me darlin man! Hi Shepp. Thanks mate. I've loved everything about the spring air rifle since I was a kid of 8. All of shooting's arts and ballistic sciences are all there, in a microcosm, with an air rifle as good as the German and British guns we have nowadays. It's astonishing what you can discover and experience for accuracy and long range precision with a seriously accurate sub 12-ft/lb spring rifle. And the HW77 is the finest; it's just the very finest spring piston air rifle
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    ......................................................... ................................................................................................................................................ ....................................................................................................................................................................................... .............................................................................................. ... I'm sorry, I was just waiting for Mrs Graham to come screaming on here, like a maternally outraged Oran
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    Thanks Andy mate. I'll get a couple ordered. One bit of luck. I found the missing capture nut from the HW80's small trigger guard screw. Cheers Andy.
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    Mine has areas that would be perfect; were it not for the fact that, the fields here are all crop-growing and the forest runs dangerously steep, down to a nature trail along the river that the public have a right to walk. And that's not going to happen with a large group of shooters. It would need Ian's say-so and then, only after the harvests are in and a bit of the forest where there's flatter ground, well away from ramblers. AND all the lanes and target course would have to completely disappear But I'll give it a good go, talking it over a few beers with him. What do you think A
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    You just sit tight Craig and he'll be along with another PC/Laptop to receive you wisdom before you know it! Simon
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    He'll be back Andy, you can count on it. He's driven and compelled to regain a forum or two. I don't know why, I'm not even going to contemplate the workings his mind. Simon
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    It doesn't do too badly that old of your's but I think my mate Walter's 52 would probably kick it's arse We'll have to see how they compare the next time he can come over with us AHAAA! BRING ON THE FIESTY BOY!!!! Actually that sounds like a good rifle. I love the old 52 though, so I'll see when I see it!
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    Michael Jones. Lets just leave the contradictions aside shall we for a moment! I've been reading the thread and your words here in great detail. I'm actually very admiring of people who wade into the breach to stick up for a mate against the odds. So I've read your posts, measured your responses against the words of the other guys as dispassionately, as detached and as unbiased as possible. I was one who PM'd Steve, well before he was banned, as to what's all the accusations are about and he wrote back telling me, it was all a grave misunderstanding that has been sorted out.
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    It looks a bit like a model Original 38 I had for a while as a youngster John. There's usually an Original Logo stamp, together with a makers model/number and spec stamping at the rear of the cylinder, if I remember rightly. The one I had, had a black stock made of Bakerlight heavy plastic, like old GPO telephones, but the action and overall appearance was just like this, I think. Bloody lovely rifle. Powerful and accurate and superbly well-made for those days. Possibly even illegally powerful, but, in those happier times when you could get a shotgun licence for ten bob (50p!) over a post
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