Utterly amazing, thanks for posting.
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Oooops!!
I'd forgotten about those!! :eagerness:
BTW, I do have an electronic airgun, It's a Ruskie called a Drozd (It means Bumblebee apparently as they were originally yellow!!)
It operates on Co2, Four AA batteries works the hammer to knock the valve open, I presume it will be a Solenoid type of thing..
https://i.imgur.com/D6aTa2S.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fBDMhsR.jpg
It shoots .177cal steel BB's as fast as you can squeeze the trigger at around 500 fps, They were originally made to be fully auto but we're not allowed full auto so the options for it and burst rate of fire switches are covered by little plates!! :grief:
John :smug:
Rotten pics, but a thoroughly beautiful MK3 of mine.
https://s5.postimg.org/xecb8xaw7/V8v...Y4w_Of_DPg.jpghttps://s5.postimg.org/pyd1n5prr/82n...UVV8_TBl5w.jpg
I love Webley rifles and have a few in my collection, The mk3 is my most favourite Webbo, It's nicer, Sleeker and much better made than most others (imo)!!
https://i.imgur.com/Ze0bkn2.jpg
I've a couple of earlier ones too..
https://i.imgur.com/o80sMdZ.jpg
John :eagerness:
Sit back and enjoy this (mechanical clock content as well!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHCmzvzCmhI
There's only one answer to that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qzYhRQbjPE
Hi Moe
The top two are .22, Next down is .177 and the bottom is .22, The .177 is my fave as it's the one i've had the longest:eagerness:
The top one is a very early one that has a two stage trigger before they were made simpler, Single stage and cheaper!!!
Have to say though that this Venom tuned and blued 1970 HW35 is my fave, It's the smoothest rifle I own, It was on an Export stock when I bought it but dropped on this lovely Luxus stock cheaply!!
https://i.imgur.com/5LBTLIg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YBvqgJg.jpg
John :smug:
Hi John,
I had a play with a MKIII a while ago and it was great fun. I'll have a look into the HW35 as it looks interesting, although I was previously advised to avoid break barrels as they are generally not as accurate as a fixed barrel with underlever. Also, have you ever tried re-blueing any of the barrels in your collection. Whats the end result like?
johnbaz,that hw35 stock is stunning,i have a hw35 but it has the standard plain stock,here's a few quick and very poor pics of my gunroom walls,the very long beast is an antique punt gun approx 200yrs old. ...https://i.imgur.com/olNxOTC.jpg.....https://i.imgur.com/NiXCCtx.jpg...........https://i.imgur.com/tZqg4Ij.jpg..https://i.imgur.com/tZqg4Ij.jpg
here's a link to the beast in action on my "land punt".its firing a reduced load of 12oz of lead shot in deference to its great age.punt guns of this size [9 feet long] and weight [75lb] would be able to a shoot 20oz loading.. ..https://youtu.be/MsT3j1E8tmE
they were used for harvesting wildfowl fixed to what looked like a canoe but called a punt,before the days of effective refridgeration punt gunners living around the coast and some inland waters would shoot as many geese and ducks as possible to send by train to London etc for consumption by the well off.these guns were capable of shooting a hundred birds at a time but the norm was far less.the best shooting was done in very hard weather ,snow, ice storms etc.it was a very hard and dangerous life making a living this way and most punt gunners suffered from ailments brought on by these conditions and many perished in the water..
Thanks both, quite an insight into a very different time. A hard life but probably considered quite a profitable one by the standards of the time. How would you load it? Does it take a cartridge like a shotgun?
I have eight of these, they are mesmerising, you forget how clever they are if you see them every day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Cl7gH7sZo
its a muzzle loader,the front of the gun is lifted to the highest angle you can get it and still reach the muzzle.black powder[gunpowder] is poured into the muzzle, a wad of newspaper is pushed down after it with the the ramrod [thats the long rod laying in the grass in the video] and tamped down over the powder.then the shot load would be poured down after it and also tamped down with newspaper to keep it in place.the gun is then fixed to the punt with breeching ropes.the lock on this gun was originally a flintlock but has been converted during its working life to use a shotgun cartridge primer to ignite the charge.this is done by cocking the hammer on the lock.it is fired by pulling a lanyard[in my case a very long one!]the flame from the ignited primer passes into the barrel setting off the load and BOOM :smug:.the pound coin will put the size in context....https://i.imgur.com/3TZUxjM.jpg
Yes that is amazing how fast they are.
Couldn't get a clear idea at first what they were doing so found a similar machine here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo7kRpdfOj4
A hand made tool with one sole function in life.
To make removing the brake disc flange from a BMW final drive a very simple 30 second job . Otherwise it's a time consuming pain in the arse.
https://s7.postimg.org/793860krf/iph...tures_1437.jpg
https://s7.postimg.org/nwuq8onaj/iph...tures_1438.jpg
https://s7.postimg.org/vple0qduz/iph...tures_1440.jpg
https://s7.postimg.org/n7bxwhmsr/iph...tures_1441.jpg
Looks like a good piece of kit, probably not cheap to buy!
It's always satisfying to use 'special' tools for the job.
Indeed! Bespoke tools are always the best tools. I spotted a special tool on Wheeler Dealers last week. Ant took out a simple-but-precisely-shaped piece of metal resembling something you use to scrape weeds from the terrace. He used it for raising the camshaft of a Mitsubishi 3000GT.
I am waiting for Dave S' contribution: he showed us bespoke tools for his Porsche engine's rebuild.
Menno
hi,yes well spotted in my very poor pic,its an LP3 single stroke pneumatic.beautifully made, i think it was made as a competitor to the olympic standard pistol of the day the FWB65 [directly above it in the display cabinet].i prefer the Walter but it was never as popular as the FWB i believe due to being more difficult to cock and load..
https://youtu.be/b8Ll_jfKzyQ
Steam centipede apparently!
it's a start.... http://www.modelenginemaker.com/inde...32;wwwRedirect and this: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com
Damn John, you have some beauties there!
I love the Webley Service MK2, my buddy has one of those in great condition.
He didn't know what he had until I looked it up for him. The serial number dates it to pre war too.
He has a really nice BSA Merlin underlever too, original box and manual, still wrapped in its original moisture repellent paper.
I would really like an Original model 50, and a BSA Stutzen, two gorgeous guns.
Hi Moe
I had a go at reblueing (Several times!), The outcome was never good i'm afraid :grief:
These three actions came out the best using a product called Ballistol Klever Blue, Trouble was that three months later they had faded to a grey colour, They'd not even been handled in all that time!!
They are L to R-
BSA Airsporter Stutzen
HW35e
BSA Airsporter mk1
https://i.imgur.com/m3x7eqa.jpg
Oooh! The li'l boxed Merlin sound like a rarety in it's greased paper!!, I love the German Original 50 too, I also have a 35 and a couple of 45's but the 50 is my fave :eagerness:
BTW, The Mk2 Service Webbo's command good prices these days!!
These are three of my four 50's, The opther one is in bits! (Has been for a couple of years!!)
https://i.imgur.com/RUbrAKD.jpg
John..
Love the black powder pistols, I have a few and always enjoy shooting them, no matter how much of a pain to clean up!
Scottie
I use strictly black, I know the susitutes are cleaner, but somehow I just dont seem right!!
Usually get it from Krankys
Scottie
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I use strictly black, I know the susitutes are cleaner, but somehow I just dont seem right!!
Usually get it from Krankys
Scottie
i have no history for it before it was owned by my cousin who had it for 50yrs and used it up untill the ban on lead shot for wildfowling around 2002 .i bought it from him a couple of years back,i had lusted after it since i was a boy.i first saw it in the front room of my aunts fenland cottage.it was the only room big enought to keep it in.these are so very rare nowadays because their very size made them difficult to store .heres an extremely poor photo of a photo of the big gun in use with my cousin..https://i.imgur.com/smmtI0t.jpg
After a mate showed me this, I immediately thought of you, Ian.
Quite a few similar videos on YouTube as well.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ3brjbg9V8
Sorry, unable to embed it on my phone!
^^^
Some great carving on there!
Poor or not, what a wonderful photo - many thanks for posting.
Do you have any idea where it was taken?
Having grown up on the North Kent marshes the areas there and further North in Essex and East Anglia always strike me as ideal for punt gunning. I am sure I have a couple of books on punt gunning somewhere.
Sure you've seen these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2NUCJOYRE8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwEwF7VAaEA
Also some interesting old punt guns here: http://mashable.com/2015/06/02/punt-gun/#oqAAGyv.tPqM
Lots more on YouTube