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by wastrel
Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:01 pm
Forum: General airgun chat
Topic: Heavy rust on old airgun
Replies: 45
Views: 18780

Re: Heavy rust on old airgun

right, well, here we go then, problem with staining Pedro (as if you didn`t have enough to deal with!) is the forward stain looks brown (ish) in the pictures, but those further back look blue to grey, this is a major PITA coz you`d be trying to match 3 different colours (3rd being the actual stock c...
by wastrel
Sun Aug 06, 2017 10:09 pm
Forum: Forum Discussion
Topic: anyone have actual bonafide air tabs for sale?
Replies: 5
Views: 4590

Re: anyone have actual bonafide air tabs for sale?

I managed to get one box of 25 tabs a few months ago but I'm not parting with any of them sorry. I have been told by the guy who supplied my last batch that there is a strong possibility that they will be banned in the uk because of misuse by dickheads. So guys go search the net for them but they a...
by wastrel
Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:53 pm
Forum: Forum Discussion
Topic: anyone have actual bonafide air tabs for sale?
Replies: 5
Views: 4590

anyone have actual bonafide air tabs for sale?

the last I bought (from Raj) arrived in a bulging lycra bag I was too afraid to open, BBF`s were out of date, TT`s were old and crinkly round the edges, Ten M P`s tabs wouldn`t send the pellet past 10m (surprise surprise) & hugged the squirrel if/when it got there! Dazzler`s were all flash &...
by wastrel
Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:12 pm
Forum: General airgun chat
Topic: Heavy rust on old airgun
Replies: 45
Views: 18780

Re: Heavy rust on old airgun

Wastrel..... The Diana Mod 22 is a pre war air rifle with brass , yes brass rifling. It was designed as a starter rifle for kids ( 5 ft lb ) and the accuracy is Minute of Bean can which was all that was required. If you shot to win a goldfish at the fairground you have probalbly used one. It is wha...
by wastrel
Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:15 pm
Forum: General airgun chat
Topic: Heavy rust on old airgun
Replies: 45
Views: 18780

Re: PICS!

Dont know how to share the pic in the post, so here is the google photos link. https://goo.gl/photos/VZGwnv8diLGb1q9n8 As I said, nothing done yet besides disassembly and a light scrub to find out what is the make and model. It cocks and fires, well, when it was assembled in the beginning Not quite...
by wastrel
Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:56 pm
Forum: General airgun chat
Topic: Heavy rust on old airgun
Replies: 45
Views: 18780

Re: Heavy rust on old airgun

Si does it matter its his time and money he has asked for help and advice and in the spirit of the aaoc that is what he will receive. It could well be a project too far but...... It's his project. Ok, I admit that does look a bit harsh, BUT, it would still be my advice before the man starts, bit li...
by wastrel
Mon Jul 31, 2017 1:49 am
Forum: General airgun chat
Topic: Heavy rust on old airgun
Replies: 45
Views: 18780

Re: Heavy rust on old airgun

OK, let`s take this one question at a time- you`ve been offered a Diana model 25 which is covered in rust, rust or no rust, I`d run a mile! modern air rifles are so far advanced from this I wouldn`t spend a penny or waste a second in effort! how do you get the rust out- you buff the dam thing (if yo...
by wastrel
Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:45 pm
Forum: Spring guns and tuning
Topic: do modern springers have `polished` cylinders?
Replies: 0
Views: 2707

do modern springers have `polished` cylinders?

back in my day (20 years ago) one of the mod`s we carried out on our springers was to mirror polish the cylinder, are modern cylinder tubes polished from the factory? I ask `coz it made one hell of a difference to our guns cocking action (muuuch smoother) & along with `feathering` the piston was...
by wastrel
Sat Jul 22, 2017 2:45 pm
Forum: Jokes and Jest
Topic: absoloute cracker from Frankie Boyle
Replies: -1
Views: 2551

absoloute cracker from Frankie Boyle

in Have I got news for you he wondered if Theresa May was "Thatchers final horcruxe"
if you know the HP story well enough, this works, I mean it really works! let`s just hope it IS Thatchers last Horcruxe mind you!
by wastrel
Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:58 pm
Forum: Jokes and Jest
Topic: anyone seen the gaffer?
Replies: -1
Views: 2374

anyone seen the gaffer?

my wife txt me to say she was in casualty, when I got home, I watched the one scheduled for that evening, I`m now on my second dvd box set & I haven`t seen her yet, it`s been 2 days now & I`m starving!