Air Rifles

[kerching]

Work n progress. Made out of bits kicking around in workshop, and some salvaged handles. Need something smaller for the length adjuster. Needs sandin, coat of varnish, some felt pads fitting to the 'jacks' and cushioning on the two recesses for forend and stock

 

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@kerching, is it for an air rifle?

 

[kerching]

@kerching, is it for an air rifle?

Yep....mainly for working on it but also so I can lock it solid for zeroing the scope and working out the MiL dot hold over/under for different distances. Just been playing with it at 25 metres, shooting at a cardboard box....bit noisy as it was going through the cardboard and hitting some Ali steps behind.  So filled box with a cushion, no difference as the pellets went through that as well..so hung an old car floor mat behind, that worked!

 

[kerching]

Well that worked well. Went to my "private 60m indoor range" today ( son's warehouse )

set rifle up in the 'rig'

zeroed scope

ranged at 25 metres

 

[OnOff]

Well that worked well. Went to my "private 60m indoor range" today ( son's warehouse )

set rifle up in the 'rig'

zeroed scope

ranged at 25 metres

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That'll be handy when a pigeon flies in and gets stuck. 

 

[kerching]

That'll be handy when a pigeon flies in and gets stuck. 

Yep, it will 'free them' quite easily

 

[OnOff]

Yep, it will 'free them' quite easily

Fingers crossed you get a rat problem! Perhaps your boy could encourage his workers to leave their sandwich crusts lying around and an inch gap under the shutters at night?

 

[kerching]

Next door has opened a wholesale fruit and veg supplies , so now we wait

 

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Next door has opened a wholesale fruit and veg supplies , so now we wait

People wait years for legitimate shooting rights...you get two next to each other!

 

[kerching]

People wait years for legitimate shooting rights...you get two next to each other!

The actual site is humungous, I am going to have a word with the site agent and see if he wants me to improve my aim

 

[kerching]

So today was a good day

my mates brother in law was over for the weekend, and brought his toys

so we had 

2 s410.      .22

2 beretta 9mm.   .177

broom handled Mauser BB

sig Sauer  assault rifle BB

after mullering a few targets my mate set up a couple of little brass bells at 18m. The trick was to hit the clanger and not the bell

then we progressed to splatter targets at 30m, then 35m

then it got silly and we went on to shoot Single cores of alarm cable at 20m, then a piece of string with a weight on it. That was tricky but doable

 

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I used to make steel knock down targets. Basically life size pigeons & rabbits on a base you with a hole in the head. Base gets pegged to the ground. Pellet goes thru the hole, hits a lever that drops the whole thing flat. You reset it upright with a long string from the firing position. 

Still debating a re-blue. However I'm now debating a lathe for a fair bit more...

 

[Sharpend]

Of course you’re newer models will inevitably reset themselves automatically? 

 

[kerching]

We have an auto reset one with 7 targets. Hit 6 down, then hitting the 7th resets the 6

sundays setup

 

[OnOff]

We have an auto reset 

You must be loaded...

 

[kerching]

You must be loaded...

Ah, yes. I see what you tried to do there. Yes. Very good

let me see if I can find the target we want that is presently out of stock.....back in a mo

 

[kerching]

Found another source, ordered!

 

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Ah, yes. I see what you tried to do there. Yes. Very good

It wasn't really was it?

I'm feeling flippant & arsey as the lathe I went to look at last night wasn't quite what I was after so I didn't buy it. Got that "didn't get a new toy" feeling. That and maybe I should have bought it...

 

[kerching]

I have a small hobbymat screw cutting lathe....about 10/12" between centres.  I then got given a Denford Viceroy , a bit like a Boxford. About 24" centres BUT no screw cutting.  I can ruin metal on either model

 

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I have a small hobbymat screw cutting lathe....about 10/12" between centres.  I then got given a Denford Viceroy , a bit like a Boxford. About 24" centres BUT no screw cutting.  I can ruin metal on either model

I just picked up an old 3.5" Grayson lathe (from Pontefract). They get a good write up. Came with a milling head too. Has a Myford ML7 3 jaw chuck fitted:











Came with a homemade angle iron bench: