Air Rifles

kerching · Apr 18, 2021

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

OnOff · Apr 18, 2021

@kerching, is it for an air rifle?

kerching · Apr 18, 2021

Onoff said:
@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 · Apr 24, 2021

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 · Apr 24, 2021

kerching said:
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 · Apr 24, 2021

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

Yep, it will 'free them' quite easily

OnOff · Apr 25, 2021

kerching said:
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 · Apr 25, 2021

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

OnOff · Apr 25, 2021

kerching said:
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 · Apr 25, 2021

Onoff said:
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 · May 2, 2021

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

OnOff · May 3, 2021

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 · May 4, 2021

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

kerching · May 4, 2021

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

sundays setup

OnOff · May 5, 2021

kerching said:
We have an auto reset

You must be loaded...

kerching · May 5, 2021

Onoff said:
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 · May 5, 2021

Found another source, ordered!

OnOff · May 5, 2021

kerching said:
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 · May 5, 2021

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

OnOff · May 9, 2021

kerching said:
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: