Springers and more.
(anything but PCP)
Since the PCP entered my life i`m not doing too much with springers and other none PCP`s. I had a few guns that i had for a short while or just got to repair. Nothing special but enough to have an opinion about.
Shanghai Factory B2
Shanghai model 55
Lion Brand LP45-A
Militairy Tell
Telly Tornado
Diana Model 50E
Feinwerkbau 150
Weihrauch HW85
BMK40
BMK 40²
BMK 30
Krico LG1
Krico LG 1 .177
El Gamo 68
FWB300
Weihrauch HW90
Gamo MC Super
Diana model 27
Webley Service Rifle MK1 Version 3
Diana model 48 .177
Gamo CFX Royal
Browning/Rutten Airstar 200
Shanghai Factory B2
The Shanghai Factory B2 is the ultimate classic airgun. It`s cheap as dirt and it performes like dirt. More basic than the B2 you will never get. The trigger is crude, the action is crude, threads are crude, the stock is crude, the layer of paint is bomb proof to the max and eternal. Did i mention that the finish is crude? No? Well, it is.
But what a great gun this is. I bought two of `m for 25 bucks, they were new but didn`t work. With some work they did, dieseling like crazy, a heavily smoking barrel. I gave `m away to some neighbour boys. They had fun with it. Wonder if these guns are still alive...
The B2`s length is 1100 mm, weight is 2.8 kilo, the 4,5 mm does some 600 fps and the 5,5 mm 480 fps, the gun has no safety and the trigger is non adjustable.
But what a great gun this is. I bought two of `m for 25 bucks, they were new but didn`t work. With some work they did, dieseling like crazy, a heavily smoking barrel. I gave `m away to some neighbour boys. They had fun with it. Wonder if these guns are still alive...
The B2`s length is 1100 mm, weight is 2.8 kilo, the 4,5 mm does some 600 fps and the 5,5 mm 480 fps, the gun has no safety and the trigger is non adjustable.
Shanghai model 55
A visitor at the shooting range stated that it would be fun to donate his Shanghai model 55 to the Noarderloft airgunrange. Yeah! Why not. A few days later i got the gun. It turned out to be a B2. Maybe this one`s called model 55 because it has an adjustable trigger. Whaddayaknow!? I took a bunch of pictures of the particular gun.
- This particular airgun is in a great state. It`s complete! It`s been used, that`s for sure but that`s okay. It doesn`t shoot though, i think the leather seal is dry or even missing. I`ll find out soon. The pics i made reveal the simplicity of this model 55 wich is some 40 years old.
It`s a Zen-gun. Worth every penny.
The trigger of the 55 differs from the B2. This one is adjustable by the bolt in the front side of the triggerguard. There`s some kind of second stage created by a joint half way the trigger, a small springs provides pressure. My BSA Lightning mk1 uses the same technique.
This is an all metal airgun. We hardly see that anymore, lotsa brands use syntethic triggers. Awfull! The sightline of this 55 is all metal too. The makers must have had an eye for details. Check the left-right markings on the front sight.
(Umarex) Lion Brand P45-A .177
or the
Amputating Chinese Airgun
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In 2006 i had this airgun. I got a box full of parts, when i had put it together i wanted to take a shot. Little did i know the gun wasn`t complete. The anti beartrap was missing. When i cocked the side lever aigun the cocking lever closed under pressure of the mainspring and clipped off the top of my left middle finger and ring finger. I went to the doc, he was able to sew the tops of my fingers back to where the belonged and six weeks later i sold the gun to a guy that knew of my misfortune with the gun.
A fellow shooter told me about a gun one of his friends gave him. After talking a while i was sure he was talking about the Amputating Chinese Airgun, my fingertips were itching and i knew i wanted to buy that gun. For old times sake. Well he arranged that i could buy the Amputating Chinese Airgun for a few measly bucks.
Let`s take a look.
The ACA Lion Brand P4-A came in its original box with three owner manuals.
Let`s take a look.
The ACA Lion Brand P4-A came in its original box with three owner manuals.
Chances are slim to buy an airgun of that age in that shape. The guy i bought it from bought a house, three airguns were let behind. Another Chines airgun, a Millbro and this one.
It is truly unbelievable that there was or is a factory makin lousy airguns like this one. The finishing of the individual parts is beyond lousy. Some day a Dutch airgun dealer sold this to some sad poor fucker. The dealer smiled and wished the sad poor sod lotsa fun with his new bought gun.
Length 1050, calibre 4,5 mm, the barrel has 12 lands and grooves muzzle velocity is some 160 m/s.
Length 1050, calibre 4,5 mm, the barrel has 12 lands and grooves muzzle velocity is some 160 m/s.
If i was to develope an airrgun i would use some standard size tube as a basis. The Chinese developer didn`t. He started with a tube in wich the sleeve wouldn`t fit, so the maintube had to be put in a lathe to make the inner diameter a bit larger so the sleeve fitted. It seems like Stevie Wonder was operating the lathe.
Militairy Tell
There was this guy living near our shooting range dropping by with this gun. His neighbour had this gun. Positioned in the corner nearby his lazy chair. He shot lots of terrorbirds like sparrows and magpies with but since some time i didn`t work out as he wanted. Take look at it Fokke, maybe it needs some tlc.
It`s not clear wich brand this gun is, i`ve been looking around the internet and all i came up with was that there`s a bunch of unmarked pre war airguns caught onder the umbrella of 'Militairy Tell' guns, this is one of `m.
Think the barrel has seen better days. Magpies don`t have to be scared when the old neighbour is sniping with this gun.
It`s clear that this is a well made gun but it`s clear too that the sights of the gun aren`t the original ones just like the triggerguard.
Telly Tornado
The Hungarian FEG factory made Telly airguns. Not the best guns ever made but they were cheap, had some performance and most of `m had a double mainspring. This Tornado was a clumsy underlever with a loading tap. This gun had a double mainspring too. In the Netherlands this one was sold as the Grothaus Tornado after the Dutch importer. In the UK it was the Relum Tornado after the importer for the UK. Some Weihrauch spring fitted perfectly and gave the gun a very silent and smooth action.
Diana Model 50E
I bought this Model 50E from my brother in law for a few bucks. The underlever was missing competely but parts were still available. The little hood over the barrel wasn`t available, so i sent a letter (yeah, i`m that old, i come from the time where letters
were sent, it took a few weeks to get an answer and we didn`t even get impatient) to Dianawerke In Rastatt Germany. A certain Peter Mayer (yeah that guy form Mayer & Grammelspacher, the Dianawerke founders) wrote back and told me my Diana was one of a serie of 50 made in 1951 for Donor. And in the envelope was the hood. I glued a scoperail on the action of the gun, it worked perfectly. Scopes weren`t that large in those days!
were sent, it took a few weeks to get an answer and we didn`t even get impatient) to Dianawerke In Rastatt Germany. A certain Peter Mayer (yeah that guy form Mayer & Grammelspacher, the Dianawerke founders) wrote back and told me my Diana was one of a serie of 50 made in 1951 for Donor. And in the envelope was the hood. I glued a scoperail on the action of the gun, it worked perfectly. Scopes weren`t that large in those days!
Since a few weeks i`m interested in old springers. I bought an old HW35, got it going again and now i want to buy me a Diana model 50 again. I had two before! The one pictured above and i`ve had one in 2009. Bought it as a piece of rust, dust and dirt. I recently found the pictures i made back then.
The Diana model 50 got back in my memory because a mate bought one and took it to the shooting range.
The Diana model 50 got back in my memory because a mate bought one and took it to the shooting range.
Here`s a couple of pics of the model 50 i had in 2009.
I did a lot of work on the gun, got it in shooting condition again and i sold it. I`m not too fond of Diana airguns. The main problem i have with most Diana airguns is the fact that the stock doesn`t fit me. The distance between the pistolgrip and the trigger is way too large for my hands. But there are a few exceptions. De modell 50 is one of `em.
Recently i bought my third Diana model 50. This one is a pre 1966 version. I know that because there`s no date stamped in the action and Diana started dating their guns in 1966. It has the Three Ball Charly trigger. It`s a .177. Not the most powerfull gun i`ve ever had but it is complete, the only thing i have to do is blue the iron.
The model 50 is made during almost four decades. From 1952 to 1965 and then the T01 version took over and that lasted untill 1986.
The model 50 is made during almost four decades. From 1952 to 1965 and then the T01 version took over and that lasted untill 1986.
Feinwerkbau 150
Some time ago i bought a Feinwerkbau 300. I owned one of those some years ago when i was shooting the 10 meter discipline. When the mailman delivered the gun it became clear that the gun in fact was a Feinwerrkbau 150. The predecessor of the FWB 300. No reason to be sad, both guns are pretty much alike. The gun i bought was old and crooked but complete except for the sights.
The first recoilles matchgrade FWB 150 was brought on the market in 1964. Production stopped in 1969, at that time de 150 got replaced by the 300. This 150 is from 1965, it`s about two years younger than me.
The recoilles system is called System WAW, wich stands for Westinger, Altenburger and Wohrstein, the guys that developed the system and owned the Feinwerkbau factory.
The metalwork is rusty, there has been glued some piece of wood in the stock, the recoilles action did not function, but hey! It`s another airgun isn`t it? First thing i did was take it apart. I have some experience with the FWB 300 so the 150 wil be no problem to work on.
This gun did not have any attention for quite some time. It was dirty, dry, rusty en squeeked but essential parts were in good condition.
The recoilles system is called System WAW, wich stands for Westinger, Altenburger and Wohrstein, the guys that developed the system and owned the Feinwerkbau factory.
The metalwork is rusty, there has been glued some piece of wood in the stock, the recoilles action did not function, but hey! It`s another airgun isn`t it? First thing i did was take it apart. I have some experience with the FWB 300 so the 150 wil be no problem to work on.
This gun did not have any attention for quite some time. It was dirty, dry, rusty en squeeked but essential parts were in good condition.
I soon decided that this gun wouldn`t be restored. I wanted to make it in perfect working order, or rather near perfect working order. It`s looks are good as they are. It`s fun to have a gun with wich you don`t have to be too carefull, a gun that recieves a few stickers or whatever.
A rat-gun instead of a ratbike..
But first i had to take it apart.
A rat-gun instead of a ratbike..
But first i had to take it apart.
Left above. The angle bracket in all it`s dust- and dirtiness. Right above. The closing lever from the cocking lever has come loose because of a bolt that doesn`t stay in its place anymore. You see the rust on the lever. Left down. The breech, it`s very dirty, smeared all over with hardened lubricants. The leather seal is has positioned itselves around the barrel instead of in the compression chamber. Right down. Dust and dirt on the front end of the gun.
Pictures below.
On the left the new spring, the barrel seal and the buffer. The buffer prevents the piston to slam to hard into the end of the airchamber. The buffers makes the compression chamber smaller, a larger compression chamber leads to lower velocities. The spring is one from Macari. 11 Joules instead of 7,5.
The old leather barrel seal looks like it`s dead and forgotten for quite some time! Compared to the new synthetic seal it looks even worse.
Right below the new barrel seal and the buffer on it`s place. Let`s rock!
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On the left the new spring, the barrel seal and the buffer. The buffer prevents the piston to slam to hard into the end of the airchamber. The buffers makes the compression chamber smaller, a larger compression chamber leads to lower velocities. The spring is one from Macari. 11 Joules instead of 7,5.
The old leather barrel seal looks like it`s dead and forgotten for quite some time! Compared to the new synthetic seal it looks even worse.
Right below the new barrel seal and the buffer on it`s place. Let`s rock!
The goal with this gun was to bring the gun mechanically in perfect shape but without restoring the appearance of the gun. This one is made end 1964 or early 1965. I don t like things of that age looking like it`s new.
The FWB 150 has left the building. Together with the BAM i traded it for a lathe..
Weihrauch HW85
Like i said before, i`m not really a springer man. Since the day the Precharged Pneumatics entered my life i kinda gave up on springers. That`s strange, because once i had sixty springers. One day i gave most off `m away to some kids in the hood, i sold a few and very few i kept. Only one of the collection of sixty is still here. It`s the BSA Airsporter MKI.
A bloke at the shooting range had a Weihrauch HW85. I was not too fond of the bigger Weihrauchs, didn`t their springs resonate like hell? In some way those guns didn`t move me anymore. That proved to be a mistake i made.
This is a great gun!
A bloke at the shooting range had a Weihrauch HW85. I was not too fond of the bigger Weihrauchs, didn`t their springs resonate like hell? In some way those guns didn`t move me anymore. That proved to be a mistake i made.
This is a great gun!
However, this one caught my eye. It`s stock is awkward. No checkering and a matte finish, i dunno if this stock has been redone or if it`s a standard stock, and actually, i don`t really give a hoot. I like it.
This is a .177 cal., my least favorite. I did a few shots over the chrony, pellets were H&N FT pellets (naw, no FTT`s) weighing .55 gram. The chrony gave 265 mps, and that`s 19 joule or 14 fpe.
This is a .177 cal., my least favorite. I did a few shots over the chrony, pellets were H&N FT pellets (naw, no FTT`s) weighing .55 gram. The chrony gave 265 mps, and that`s 19 joule or 14 fpe.
The picture above shows one of the best features of Weihrauch, it`s great Record trigger! The satin finish is visible in a good way.
The Nikko Stirling 3-9X42 AO Air King is a much better scope for this rig than the BSA ever was. This one`s a bit bigger and has mildots.
I had to do a lot of shooting to get some springer skills again. This is a great gun, i`m taking it to the range weekley for some plinking and some targetpractice. It`s fun!
Eehhrr...it wàs fun. I sold this beautiful gun to make the purchase of another gun possible. Money doesn`t grow on trees over here. It`s a shame.
Eehhrr...it wàs fun. I sold this beautiful gun to make the purchase of another gun possible. Money doesn`t grow on trees over here. It`s a shame.
BMK 40
For some time i was looking for a BMK 40, or a BAM 40, take your pick. It soon got clear that i was late. The last BMK 40 was produced some 3 or 4 years ago. This Air Arms TX200 copy seems to be a good copy, like the Chinese factory would state 'see what we can do'. The BMK 40 was as cheap as dirt, the first ones sold for some €190, in the following years the price creeped to some €235.
Like the Air Arms TX 200 this gun weighs a hefty 4.2 kilo, put a decent scope on it and you`ll come close to 5 kilo. I recently shot a TX200HC in 4,5 mm. The trigger of that particular gun was way better and the underlever had less movement sideways. The underlever of the TX200HC is some 10 centimeter shorter than the one on the BMK. For the rest there was not too much difference between the two guns. Ain`t it fun? Like Dee Dee Ramone once stated? A €235 gun comes close to a €750 airgun?
Cocking the rifle is smooth, no unidentified noises. Be sure to pull the cocking lever all the way through, if you don`t, the gun doesn`t cock. An incompleted cocking stroke will result in an underlever rocketing towards the barrel when you press the anti bear trap device. Be sure to hold the lever firmly during the cocking cycle. The trigger needs some work to come close to an Air Arms trigger. Saying goes that people wanted to jump of off a high building after having tried to adjust the trigger, suicide, divorces, alcohol abuse, overall misconduct and the straight jacket factory working overtime.
The Chinese factoryworkers did their best to make this gun a good and sturdy gun. Air Arms will be proud of `m! Below some more detail pics of the BMK 40. The blueing of the gun is allright but when compared with the real McCoy the blueing is kinda pale.
Taking the gun apart is the best way to discover what you`ve got!
After a few months i got kinda boring with the stock. The Chinese pantzerpaint is good enuff, it`s hard and it`s durable but it`s not good looking. I tried to take the paint of. I`ve never seen lacquering so bloody tough is this. Some bloke i know took the paint off for me. I am lotsa things but i`m not the patient kinda man. This youngster is patient. He gave me the stock and i was surprised about how white the stock was.
I have applied Birchwood Casey Rusty Walnut Stain liquid on the stock for 8 times in one day. I hung the stock out to dry where the wind was able to dry the liquid pretty fast. After about 6 hours i had enough. I took some lineseed oil and rubbed the stock with it.
It looks better doncha agree?
After a few months i got kinda boring with the stock. The Chinese pantzerpaint is good enuff, it`s hard and it`s durable but it`s not good looking. I tried to take the paint of. I`ve never seen lacquering so bloody tough is this. Some bloke i know took the paint off for me. I am lotsa things but i`m not the patient kinda man. This youngster is patient. He gave me the stock and i was surprised about how white the stock was.
I have applied Birchwood Casey Rusty Walnut Stain liquid on the stock for 8 times in one day. I hung the stock out to dry where the wind was able to dry the liquid pretty fast. After about 6 hours i had enough. I took some lineseed oil and rubbed the stock with it.
It looks better doncha agree?
BMK 40² .22
A guy on the Dutch airgunboard mentioned he had one for sale. I remembered mine and i bought it. Sometimes enjoyement is better when it is enjoyed for the second time.
The power of this paticular gun is vey low. Some 17 Joule and that`s not enough. Plans are to buy a full power Air Arms TX200 spring for this gun. My own TX is a .177 and doing some 15 Joule. The grouping of this BMK is good.
BMK 30 .22
I`m a curious geezer. One year ago i bought a BMK 40, that great copy of the Air Arms TX200. What a great gun that was! Because a tree decided to drop on my car en demolish it completely i had to sell the BMK 40. Because i missed that gun i bought an Air Arms TX200HC, that gun is even better than the BMK40!
Last week i saw a BMK 30 for sale on the Dutch Airgunboard and before i knew what happened i had bought the gun. Dunno what i`m gonna do with it.
Let`s take a look at it.
Last week i saw a BMK 30 for sale on the Dutch Airgunboard and before i knew what happened i had bought the gun. Dunno what i`m gonna do with it.
Let`s take a look at it.
I went to pick up the gun and took it home. The story is that this gubn has an awfull trigger. Doesn`t worry me, i got four Korean airguins and the triggers of those guns i don`t dislike, so let`s experience how horrible this one is. I shot it a few times in the backyard. It`s not a great trigger indeed but it`s not all that bad i think. There was absolutely no twang. Not even a bit. Eat your heart out Hans Weihrauch.
When you take a quick look at this gun you might get the impression it looks allright but taking a better looks makes clear this isn`t a great gun like the BMK 40 was. The 40 weighs 4250 grams, it`s length is 1130 mm and the barrel measures 440 mm.
Krico LG1 .22
Some 'geezah' and his 'goil' joined us at the shooting range. The bloke shooting a Marauder en the girl told me about her grandpa and his airgun and that she was very busy obtaining the gun. 'Great!' was my reaction and i told her that if the gun needed some attention i`d be glad to take care of it. I was kinda sure that the gun would be a HW35 or a B2. About every grandpa has ever had one of those two in the shed, and it wasn`t a long shot to guess that her gramps had one too.
'Whadda mistake-a to make-a!'
She showed up with a Krico LG1. In .22. Old, dusty, scruffy, mainzy but 95% complete. Great.
'Whadda mistake-a to make-a!'
She showed up with a Krico LG1. In .22. Old, dusty, scruffy, mainzy but 95% complete. Great.
Krico makes firearms. Hunting guns, sporter guns, you name it, they make it. Quality guns. The factory was stated in 1888 or so in Germany. They started off with firearms, they even made bicycles when making a buck in firearms was hard. After World War 2 Krico wasn`t allowed to produce fire arms, they started making household items.. Somewhere in 1949 they got permission to produce airguns. And so they did.
This Krico`s got the appearance of a simple airgun, nothing special, you wouldn`t notice this gun as something great unless you`d shoot it.
And i did! (thnx for the use of the picture you have taken Henk 'elmer fudd')
This Krico`s got the appearance of a simple airgun, nothing special, you wouldn`t notice this gun as something great unless you`d shoot it.
And i did! (thnx for the use of the picture you have taken Henk 'elmer fudd')
Shooting it and looking at some details of the gun i got curious to this gun. I took it home like i promised and took it apart. Below there`s some pics of the sights. Well made and complete. It`s obvious that the maker of these parts is experienced. Windage adjustment is crude but it works good. And it`s beautifully constructed. Take a look.
This airgun looks kinda crappy. It must`ve had hard times in storage. There`s no sign anywhere on this gun of mistreatment. It has been handled with care. There`s rust all over the gun and that`s a pity.
The trigger is great. Adjustable and all, two stages. The adjustment screw of the legth of the first stage is missing but since Krico is using metric thread there`s no problem. Krico uses an odd kind of spring to keep the trigger in it`s position.
The trigger is great. Adjustable and all, two stages. The adjustment screw of the legth of the first stage is missing but since Krico is using metric thread there`s no problem. Krico uses an odd kind of spring to keep the trigger in it`s position.
Krico LG1 .177
Recently i was lucky, someone offerred me his Krico LG1 for a reasonable price. Ofcouse i bought it. It seems the .22 version is kind of scarse, the .177 is more common. I don`t care.
I first used a HW95 spring, wich i made shorter, in this Kico. That didn`t work out, the gun did some 240 m/s and that`s way to fast I replaced the original spring and the gun went back to some 190 m/s. It shoots like a dream. The leather seal is one of a Diana model 35.
I used an o ring as a replacement for the spring
I used an o ring as a replacement for the spring
El Gamo 68
The El Gamo 68 is a true classic airgun. Its production started in 1968 (you`ve guessed it didn`t ya?). There have been some versions of this gun. The El Gamo 68 Gamatic showed up in 1970. In 1973 the metal trigger got substituted by a synthetic one and in 1975 the front sight got replaced by a synthetic one. In 1985 the Gamo 85 and the Gamo 85 Gamatic saw the light. The trigger changed drastically, cheaper synthetic materials found their way, de trigger wasn`t adjustable anymore. In 1987 the Gamo 85 Paratrooper with the wire-stock entered the market.
It`s a weird gun since it doesn`t have a stock. It`s for the right handed shooter and you can shoot it with one hand and keep the other hand in your pocket. The trigger unit isn t attached to the maintube. It`s attached to the cast lower end of the gun. That`s kinda unusual.
FEINWERKBAU 300S
Some guy named Jan asked for some help on the Dutch airgunforum with his Feinwerkbau 300S from 1980. Why not give the bloke a hand. He came up to the range with this beautifull 300S. Some light pitting on the iron, just enough to make the gun look the age it is. At the shooting range we chronied it and the 300S didn`t do any better than some 95 m/s. That`s not enuff! A 300S oughta do some 172 m/s. Jan had new internal organs for the gun and today i took the gun apart and give it a shot.
And now, while listening to the great Frysian punk album 'Punk Live in Brouwershoeck', recorded in 82 in the city of Leeuwarden (try and find it at Soulseek, you`ll be amazed by this early Frysian punkbands) i am posting this. The gun fired like new with the new spring, bumper, pistonring and barrelseal, but when i had the chrony all set up the first gave me a surprise. I tried to cock the gun and when i placed a pellet in de barrel and was going to close the sidelever....nothing happened. It was stuck. I took the pellet out, took the stock off of the gun and pushed the little lever of the beartrap downwards and the gun got released. Maybe the spring just broke. Dunno yet.
The Feinwerkbau 300 held every world record, won every Olympic title and every world championship available. The WAW system, introduced on its predecessor the FWB 150, appeared to be a great way to get rid of the recoil of the airgun. Lotsa people are bragging about Diana`s answer to the 300S, the model 75, but the Diana 75 didn`t even come close.
Here are some pics of this high quality airgun.
Here are some pics of this high quality airgun.
Feinwerkbau 300S
On the Dutch Airgunboard someone offered a few Feinwerkbau matchguns. When i saw the 300S i wanted it. I started my 10 meter years with a 300S wich i bought fro Krale. I had a few 300`s but never a 300S. This one doesn`t shoot, it needs a new spring and probably the other parts too. I`ll try to get hold of a 11 Joule mainspring, it gives the gun just a little bit more purry.
This FWB300S had its glorydays begin 1980 and SV Waddinxveen is where the gun comes from now. I`m looking forward to start working on it.
Weihrauch HW90
There`s hardly any doubt that the HW90 is one of the ancestors of modern gas ram airguns. The Theoben system combined with German grundlichkeit proves to be a succes. The HW90 saw the light in 1990. This is second one i`ve had. This one was born as a .177. It`s a .22 now. The HW80 barrel fits perfectly. A bloke i know placed a new seal in the gas ram, put 22 bar in it and the gun shoots very nice. Cocking the gun is hard but not too hard. The 22 bar is giving this gun 27,5 Joule (20,3 FPE) wit 15,9 grain JSB pellets.
The bipod is there just for the picture. Bipods and springers don`t match.
The bipod is there just for the picture. Bipods and springers don`t match.
The HW90 has the Elite trigger. Great but sometimes troublesome. For some reason a part of the trigger got dented and the gun wasn`t able to cock. Hans -a fellow from the shooting range and Weihrauch fanatic- offered to take care of the gun. And he did. The problem seems to be in some bolt in the triggergroup. I like springers so much i don`t even try to imagine where the problem is. But it`s shooting again. And that`s great. Hard hitting, no twang and 231 m/s.
My first HW90
'HW90 for sale, like new, hardly used, cheaply priced' i read it on a site and offcourse i bought the gun. Who wouldn`t? I paid it, and mr Postman brought it to my house. I still remember is smile when he handed the gun to me. Some santaclaus wrapping papper was attached to the gun with some strokes of tape, my adress was still readable but no mo` than that.
The HW 90 looked like shit.
The HW 90 looked like shit.
Dents and bruises everywhere and the cheekplate looked like it had been dragged over the street like some cheap slut. This HW90 was a slut, but not a cheap one! Taking the gun apart and getting the paint off of it and sandingpaper it as long as alle the dents and bruises are gone, chopping some new layers of paint on the stock and give some attention to the inner parts of the gun and the sun starts shining again!
Under the coloured layer of paint lays a very light beech stock, the lower right picture shows the Elite trigger unit. The upper pics show the inside of the hw90, in the middle there`s the inertia weight on the right is the gasram.
On the pictures below the HW90 in its new coat, a SMK scope on it, new open sights.
On the pictures below the HW90 in its new coat, a SMK scope on it, new open sights.
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My third HW90
I recently bought a Weihrauch HW90. The two i had before i have written above. The HW90 before this one went to my son in law. So i had to buy another one. I love the HW90 and at the same time i hate the bugger. But i don`t hate it so much that i don`t wanna have one. Unnerstand? There hardly is something original on this gun.
I have no idea about how many previous owners this gun had. It must`ve had hard times. Someone didn`t like the stock so he kinda rebuilt it, the next owner took it off again.
The came with two barrels, one .177 and a short .22. When i tried the gun i saw a crack on the left side of the pistol grip. The HW90 isn`t the easiest gun to cock due to the gasram and the stock would break for sure. The guy i bought it from gave me a refund and i bought the green camo stock on the Dutch airgun board. There`s 319 psi aboard and the gun shoots great. I really love the way the HW90 with the Theoben action shoots. I found a way to put the gun away for a few minutes....
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I grew kinda fond of the HW90. It`s not the easiest gun to shoot but i really love the shotcycle. Today i made a fake silencer for the 90. Looks good doncha agree? The silencer makes the half an inch larger. I emptied the silencer and made an insert from Delrin (POM) i pressed the Delrin inside the empty silencer, the shrouded barrel has a diameter of 19 mm i had to use a three pound hammer to get the silencer on the barrel. No screws o thread needed for this one.
Gamo MC Super
Gamo`s flagship, the best gun Gamo ever built. The Gamo MC Super has been developed around 1985. There were different versions of this gun. One was fitted with open sights and the other one was equipped with a diopter and match stock. It competed in small 10 meter matches. The gun never had a break through even though it was a competetive airgun. The price of a Gamo MC Super was about a third of a Feinwerkbau 600.
(i took the dawings below from some Spanish siterThe MC Super is a single stroke pneumatic. The air was compressed in a compensation chamber as Gamo called it. When the air was inhaled the compensation chamber enlarged, when the shot was taken the volume of the compensation chamber got smaller. It gave the gun a very smooth shot. No muzzle flip whatsoever. The compensation chamber gave the gun a low muzzle velocity of around 155 m/s. It didn`t matter, the gun was as accurate as any other.
(I took the drawings below from some Spanish site. The drawings are originally printed in the owners manual)
Some extra pictures. Been working on this gun to get it going again. Spare parts are hard to get. I got this one shooting without using original spare parts. I`m gonna test it for a few weeks, see if it holds. When i`m sure my way is suficient i will publish what i have done to get it shooting again.
Sometime ago i bought me another MC Super. I got it functional again but i wasn`t satisfied with the result. Sometime later i sold the gun the Steven (3wheel). Steven is a sourcerer, without the tools he needed succeeded to ake a testversion of the gun and it worked just fine. He offered me one of the seldomly seen airguns. I accepted the offer. Here it is. It`s doing a steady 170 /s and the gun shoots better than me.
Today the weather was great, no need to work because of the Corona crisis so why not doing some shooting in the garden? Shooting sooths the soul innit? I took the MC Super Steven made for me, put a scope on it and went along.
In the foirst pictures i put a BOS 10-40x56 SF on. It didn`t workout.
In the foirst pictures i put a BOS 10-40x56 SF on. It didn`t workout.
There was another scope in the closet. A Vector Optics Sentinel. A great short distance scope. The big scopes are looking great on the rifle doncha agree?
Diana 27
A friend of a guy i know asked me to help him out with an airgun he inherited. 'Sure, no problem.' i said and i took this little Diana model 27 home with me. This particular airgun is from september 1967. Almost half a century old and it`s still looking good and after i took the trigger apart and put it back together again it shoots like a daisy....wait a minute....something`s wrong.....this is not the right quote........
The previous owner has made a triggerstop. A M3 screw straight through the trigger. Nicely done but not exactly original. The sight on the back is one i have not seen very often. This one is made of synthetic material, usually the sights are made of steel.
Webley Service Rifle MK1 version 3 (i think)
The picture above is taken from the internet, don`t know who made the pic or where i took it from. Is it yours? Let me know please.
Cees, the guy i mentioned earlier on this site had a Webley Service Rifle. I took pictures, stashed `m some place, lost `m and today i found `m again. The pics are from 2009, not all on the best quality but good enough to show `m. I`ve got hardly any info on this particular gun. What i remember is that the gun came with all its three barrels, .177, .22 and .25.
This gun is pre war, around 1935...
Cees, the guy i mentioned earlier on this site had a Webley Service Rifle. I took pictures, stashed `m some place, lost `m and today i found `m again. The pics are from 2009, not all on the best quality but good enough to show `m. I`ve got hardly any info on this particular gun. What i remember is that the gun came with all its three barrels, .177, .22 and .25.
This gun is pre war, around 1935...
Diana mod 48 .177
In the early 90`s i got my first serious airgun. I got it from the guy i worked at. He bought two, one for and one for me. A Diana model 48 in .177. A hard hitting piece of work. It was the MK1, the 48 with the metal trigger. After a while i traded it in for a Feinwerkbau 300 at Krale in the city of Staphorst. No regrets but somehow the 48 kept roaming around in my head and when i saw this one for sale on the Dutch airgunboard Luchtbuks.net there was no hesitation whatsoever. I bought it.
I took it to the range and went shooting. I was surprised by the accuracy of the gun. It was fun shooting it. The sidelever works perfect, the trigger needed some adjusting to get it good enough for me. The trigger is a T01, people on the Dutch airgunboard told me the T01 is fairly okay but the T06 is like having an orgasm every shot you take.
So i bought a T06 conversion kit at Schneider SportWaffen in Germany, it is bound to be delivered any day now. The 48 does some 233 m/s with 8.44 grain pellets, hat`s enuff for me but people tell me that a 48 needs to be fired with a full power spring. Glad to have the original mainspring. So when the new trigger and piston arrive i will put in the original FP mainspring.
The T05 isn`t a bad trigger but the T06 is much better. The 01 has a synthetic tiggerblade. I am an old consevative sack of flesh and bones and therefor i dislike synthetic triggers. De T06 trigger is made of aluminum. It has a different safetycatch too.
The 48 was suited with a spring with 2 coils amputated, the sping resonated like crazy. While changing the trigger i decided to replace the shortened spring for the old ful power spring. All resonation is gone, i dunno if this spring gives more power but the guin shoots great. A Diana 48 should be in everyones gun closet.
Gamo CFX Royal .177
One day Jan called me. He had two guns, maybe i wanted them? Come around and we`ll see. He came along with some Chinese gun and this Gamo. Whad`ya want for it? A box of cigars he said. Aight.
This Gamo has lacked any attention for some time. Rusty, water came under the lacquer of the stock, the front end was ruptured. When i cocked the gun it just shot. Resonating like hell.
This Gamo has lacked any attention for some time. Rusty, water came under the lacquer of the stock, the front end was ruptured. When i cocked the gun it just shot. Resonating like hell.
I glued the front end back together again. The frront end keeps the underlever in its place after the gun is cocked and ready to fire, so it needs to be in good concition.
Every part of this gun was dirty, rusty and dusty but still functioning.
I took the mainspring out and made a spring guide on my lathe and from that moment on the gun started grouping good.
The effect of moist condition on the lacquer is clear. The rotating breech is what the CFX Royal shaes with the BSA Polaris.
BROWNING AIRSTAR 200 .177
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RUTTEN AIRSTAR 200
When i was a young guy living in a small town i got my hands on a Rutten catalogue. There were some beautifull airguns in it. I knew i would never see one of those. The local dealer laughed at me like he was about to say 'dream on mate'. In the years foollowing i became an airgun nutcase. I had numerous guns, weird ones, great ones, lousy ones and yesterrday i got me a Browning Airstar 200 or as you like a Rutten Airstar 200.
The battey is kinda dead but for the rest the gun is in good shape. It is made for the German market since it has a F stamped in it. That means is a low powered airgun.
The battey is kinda dead but for the rest the gun is in good shape. It is made for the German market since it has a F stamped in it. That means is a low powered airgun.
The gun is being cocked with an electric system. I changed the not original 2400 mAh Nickel Cadmium battery for a 3200 mAh NIMH battery. The NIMH battery does not have a charging memory like the NC battery had.
The Airstar is a heavy piece of equipment with its 4,2 kilo. I bet the "engine" inside brings the weight up a bit, the length of the barel is 470 mm, oveall length is 1155 mm. Originally the gun packed a 13 mAh battery, max velocity is 220 m/s, mine does aan averrage of 185 m/s.
Prressing the switch behind the trigger and the gun cocks itself (left top) after putting the switch underr the pistolgrip to 'on' (right up). When the gun is cocked it`s safe, pessing the switch behind the trigger another time the red Led starts burning and the gun is ready to fire.
The pellet is being put in the notch, the notch is small. Closing the loading lever locks it up and the gun can be fired.
The 'engine ' is underneath the gun. The trigger is adjustable and pretty good.
This is a carefully manufactured un. Some 800 were made by Rutten in Belgium, the design is Browning. Rutten was situated in Herstal, a suburb of Liége in Belgium. Herstal has always been a village where the gun industry was lively.
This is a carefully manufactured un. Some 800 were made by Rutten in Belgium, the design is Browning. Rutten was situated in Herstal, a suburb of Liége in Belgium. Herstal has always been a village where the gun industry was lively.
The pic above comes from the Rutten Airguns folder.