Relum Tornado

[bugg 84]

Iv acquired the above, its going to be my first restoration project and for £20 dont think iv much to loose if it all goes pear shaped does anyone have any hints for me?

[mark williams 7,549]

Had one of these under levers .22`s as a kid .

I played around with it a little, it had a double main spring, which was changed to an airsporter spring heh! heh! if i remember rightly (long time ago) .

Had a kick like a mule and a right old "twang" to it - at a guess it produced about 9 or 10 ft/lbs (i preferred my bsa meteor)

We would shoot rats with it on the local tip.

Memories - have fun bugg but don`t enter a competition with it - just remembered i used to pose with a 4x15 scope on it

 

atb

Edited November 22, 2014 by mark williams

[leeroy 29]

I found them very useful for keeping gates open, lol

[pianoman 3,584]

The Relum Tornado .22 left a lasting impression on me when these tap-loading underlever rifles were new.....

 

My idiot of a cousin had one . And when I was a youngster of about 10 years old, back in 1967 he accidentally shot me in the face with it! Forgot it was loaded!

 

I still have the pellet in my left cheek 47 years later! One inch below my left eye.

 

Thankfully it wasn't quite as powerful as the rifles of today.

[Bosun11 537]

About 30 years ago i made good money shooting rabbits off an infested caravan park over winter. I used a Relum Tornado with a improved spring. It wasnt the 'classiest' gun to use and far from the lightest but boy did it do the job. I bloody hated it at the time but looking back it was a crackin workhorse!

[silentshot1 206]

My wife insisted on me taking a work colleague of hers shooting on her parents farm once years ago. He turned up in all his DPM finest, regaling me with stories of training with his mates who were paras, his hunting exploits and his 'specialist tuned' air gun. I had my Venom tuned HW77 with AA Field, he pulled out his Relum Tornado with Milbro pellets!

 

Still makes me laugh!

[Rez 4,957]

Ahhhh. The old 4 x 15... starling bashers they are. Bin there. Think I had one on my old B32, which is now the SMK makers I think. Proper shit, but it made a lasting impression... Clearly.

[ratbuster 807]

Will have a look at my collection of old Airgun World copies, there's a couple of articles about improving the humble Relum, writing by Jim Tyler. Will see if I can find them, and will put it up here.

[Rimfireboy! 1,463]

A shooting friends grandson has recently been given a relum tornado. I had a few shots but it just served to remind me how awful they are,lol....good luck with the restoration/tune up anyway.