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I have to be honest Tom. It's necessity being the mother of invention here. And it's bloody frightening what has had to be done to make it work :icon_eek: For a start, the walnut stock is not quite the same profile as the earlier version Beech stock that Jimmy converted for me. A lot more wood had to taken out and reshaped before it has reached fitting and testing stage. But there we are. It's now ready for oil and finishing work. . I'll get pics of it up when it's done as soon as possible. -
If you HW80 is a good one, you have a rifle that can what a hole in a rat, pigeon or rabbit's head at any range you are capable of. I can hit a single pellet hole all day at 35 metres zero range with mine. And a half-inch group at 50. I am never lost for a reliable get-out-and-go-shoot air rifle with my HW80 .22. Absolutely superb FAC air rifle if you go the on-ticket air rifle route Matt. Never runs out of puff and hits like a train! You've definitely got a sweet 80' here! ATB. Simon
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40 is my hunting maximum until I know her inside out pal.I've just been out and got a golf ball size group at 45 and at 50......well 50 needs some work It'll do it Matt no problem. Down to a half-inch group at 50 metres if you get the pellet and hold technique spot on consistant. These are incredibly reliable and amazingly accurate break barrel rifles. In fact, theHW80 is still the best of the lot. I've recently tried a Walther LGU and I'm not that swung over by these. They are fine rifles. But there's a nice, reassuring feel to the good old HW80. Maybe it's just me and I've got an absolu
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Thanks very much indeed Mark. I've just ordered a complete Tru Oil gunstock kit to finish her off. The hard part of reshaping the stock is almost over with the height of the comb reaching about where I want it to be. A bit more sanding down and that should be fine. Then, it'll be time to put the metalwork action back into the stock with my preferred 40mmm Hawke Panorama scope on board to fine tune the overall feel and fit of the riflestock. I've managed to remove the slight bulge of the flowline into the chequering by removing it and disguising the cut into a diamond flash by removing a si
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Welcome here Stecorr. Air Arms Pro Sport is truly a 'Holy Grail' of an air rifle as far as a left handed shooter like me is concerned. LOVE IT! Best regards. Simon / Pianoman
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Thanks Jon. Helen said the same thing exactly. I've reshaped the grip on an old Mk.1 HW77 stock before and Bigmac97KT finished and polished it off for me. But I've never done this sort of radical alteration of such a fine quality walnut stock before! It's gone way beyond brave and the point of no return now. I don't mind admitting I'm in a territory I've never been in before with gunstock reshaping and finishing and it's scary as hell not really knowing if I can make a professional looking finish of it or, still cock this up! But I'm getting good advice from Jimmy/Bigmac97K
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Beeman Magnum Refurb /but Not Me
pianoman replied to bigmac 97kt's topic in Rifle Reviews, Technical Help and Tips
He's really taken to this hasn't he Jimmy. And seeing a fine finished result for his own efforts can only do the lad good. Marvelous! One day not so far off now, he'll be a young man with his own collection of guns and setting to work about their maintainance himself. A few bloody school teachers would do better to see how a young person can take to something very well, with proper instruction, a kind word and wise, patient encouragement.. All the best to Ethan and keep on the ball with it dear lad. Simon -
That's very kind of you Phil thank you. I reckon I'll need to work on the Acanthus leaf scrolls and chequering line part somewhere around after sanding overall and smooth-finishing. Just before I need to oil and finish the stock for returning the stock to the metalwork. Do you have a really fine, small cutting wheel for your Dremmel Phil? I reckon it would only need to be a pretty small radius with a thin, fine cutting edge. Thanks so much again Phil. I think I will be needing it soon now. Best regards. Simon
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You are too kind Jamie. But I've been shooting the rifle in the Beech stock on my garden range. At first she was a bit wild and creaky with scattered shots and tight groups mixed in the results. But, now after further testing at 30 metres, she now puts Air Arms fields into a very neat single-hole pellet group. The only issue here is there is still, a bit of power fluctuation that causes the odd flier and drop in shot. But I reckon she'll round-out to reach a fine consistency well, after a tinful of Air Arms Diablo Fields in 5.52mm headsize has gone through her. She really seems to love th
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Aw thank you so much for all the kind encouraging comments lads. Especially from you Jimmy. I honestly thought you were going to bollock me for doing something wrong! I'm keeping the reshaping sanding out to the barest minimum essential, without losing the classical elegance of the rifle stock's line and form. Only the Comb height needs careful attention now. I'm taking on your advice of a bath of warm soapy water to pop the fibres and lightly sand her all over to even the tones and finish her grains. I'm not going anywhere near those beautiful filligree chequering panels on her fore-end
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Gentlemen all. Greetings. Well I'm almost there with the conversion of the walnut stock, as far as the hard work of sanding and reshaping goes. I'll get Helen to post up photos of it and the beech stock that Jimmy converted for me, and you'll see what has had to be done. But I'll try to describe what's had to be done. It's proven to be a very difficult job. But not impossible thank God. The approach is a two part process focusing on the grip and cheek-piece design. The second is the removal of the roll-over comb that will punch into your cheek and reduce the height of the comb itself.
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That's an interesting and good point Pesky. The Pro Sport walnut stock I have new is made by Minnelli...Hmm I wonder what an email might produce?
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Matt I think you are of a similar mind as me. It's interesting as you point out, what you or I would see as one or two rabbits, the farmers see hundreds if not thousands. The call I always get is.... "Simon, can you come over when you can, it's the rabbits. We are being overrun!" Then I get there and there's barely a couple out at any time, if any at all.. Oh well, the farmer's land it is and I'm grateful for the sport. I won't argue the point with them. I just get on with it and go hunting. I can only shoot what comes out into sight .
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It's changed for me as I've gotten older. When I was a younger man it was partly the thrill of the kill and, I agree with Rez, it is an instinct thing. a primeval instinct to hunt to feed and survive. I take great satisfaction for a clean, humane kill with no suffering inflicted as far as possible. \It's not always possible but, I practice my shooting as far as I can to reduce that risk. I have a great respect for the animals I shoot. I don't take pleasure in killing for killing's sake. I shoot because I get the job done good and proper and that is satisfaction enough for me. I love bei
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Well they do reviews and such Jamie. That's offering an opinion. I don't think they get paid, exactly handsomely for it though. Rather nothing at all, but for discounts on gear and kit when they need it, I would have thought.
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So it would seem the top and bottom of this, is that Youtube is not allowing advertising in future, on popular gun/shooting channels. For those who make their revenue stream from advertising accounts on their channel uploads it's not going to be good news. But it's a lot better than an outright ban on all film of recreational gun/shooting related. Or how long before they do ????
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Well that's a happy ending for you Matt. I had a feeling you'd love the good old HW80. I suppose, to a lot of modern day youngsters, these rifles are ancient relics that can't match a PCP. Au Contrare! The HW80 is one of the greatest air rifles ever created. Absolutely. Enjoy it as you develope with it mate and have that Pro Sport another day. You can't lose now! Best regards and compliments on your shooting Matt. Simon
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Will this mean Si Pittaway and Davy Thomas's channel be affected too? And Bumblefoot Films? I enjoy those.
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This is serious. Whatever this is Jimmy, you see to getting yourself better mate. You've just been through hell with Nicola's fall.
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Jesus. :icon_eek: You werent kidding were you Jamie. That looks incredible! They'll never bloody think of this though. Will they?
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Thanks Jon. The Beech pro Sport stock Jimmy adapted for me is a really superb job. It ticks all the boxes for a left hander like me and has firmly put this amazingly fine rifle, firmly in my hands for the first time ever! There is a great bonus too in removing the roll over comb on the cheek-piece. It means I can get a lightweight Simmons Pro Air 6-18x40mm scope and sight in my eye relief bang on the true line of sight and this has kept overall weight and balance of the rifle to perfection. It's an honest-to-God beautiful handling rifle overall in this stock and scope combo. I had a l
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What?! And think out of the box like that Jamie? Unthinkable sir! I'm at a loss to understand why Weihrauch are not making walnut stocks for their fine guns though. They make some lovely-figured beech stocks for sure, but, the guns would really benefit from the look and feel of fine woods too. Their HW97K and HW77 would look really lovely in a rich walnut. I'm not at all a keen fan of those coloured laminated stocks they seem to love producing. But a beautifully figured walnut? Now that's something else!
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Mark, you would think so. I for one, would have bought TWO in both .22 and .177 calibres. But no! Despite making 48 that all sold and so, this should tell them of their desirability in a healthy market from the left handed community, the answer is going to be always, NO! When you consider there is no problem at all with producing the TX200 in all-left hand versions. And surely sales of these must indicate an accurate market picture of left-hand customers and our buying preferences? Or is it to keep us buying the TX200 as a compromise? "You can't have a Pro Sport but how abo
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You would think so Jon, particularly as the TX200 and TX200HC have been available in dedicated left-handed Beech and Walnut versions from first day of release to this one (I've had two, a TX200 and a TX200HC both in left-handed in walnut) including left-hand loading ports/actions. So why is the Pro Sport not so produced? Okay, you can order a beautiful CS500 walnut stock from Custom Stock in Sheffield. Job done! But no, what if, like me, you want THAT stunning factory stock that beguiled you by its looks in the first place? I sent an email to Air arms about the fact that such a beauti
