Hi Chris
I'm reminded that I had to have the barrel straightened on my old Rapide after the barrel closed rather unexpectedly at some time in the dim & distant past ! It was not expensive..
Hi Chris
I'm reminded that I had to have the barrel straightened on my old Rapide after the barrel closed rather unexpectedly at some time in the dim & distant past ! It was not expensive..
Hello Mate,
Being a Hallway Plinker I too have one of these. I bought mine about a couple of years ago. The previous owner put in a plastic sleeved Ox spring. I have never had the chance to test mine over distance, but it's nice and smooth and has good power, way too much for my hallway!
Relum Tornado
hi the standard BSA airsporter spring works best in the tornado . don't use overpowerd springs as they will snap the sear
The Tornado takes 2 springs,one smaller one inside a bigger one.
its called a concentric spring excuse the spelling if it wrong
regards
tom
Believe it or not, Dave Welham used to get the Relum Tornado and Zephyre's working for FT. I had one as my first Air rifle. I think Dave used to change the spring and use a nylon or PTFE washer and a few other things and they shot very well indeed.
I think that he could actually get more power by removing the inner spring. If you want some advice on doing it up, give him a call.
Too right it was'nt expensive. I held it in the vice and pushed against it with my weight (quite a lot as it happens). I held a steel ruler against the block and stopped when everything looked parrallelOriginally Posted by arjimlad
It shot quite niceley as it happens. Would be great for a kid.
The sight got a bit tempremental, but could have been sticking. The MPI dropped about 8" at 25yds, so I wound the screws in and out and it all seems settled.
I could buy a new sight, plenty of cheepo's about, but I wanted to keep it original.
Since then, the shop owner (a friend who I shoot with) was impressed enough with the finish he gave me a near complete rear sight unit. I was very kindly donated an elevation screw by Midland Airgun Spares (thanks Chris) so I now have a complete gun.
Just splashed out on a nice, basic, thin leather sling too (had a big cobra one on and looked a bit silly) so it looks quite smart...the odd dent but teher you go, kids eh?
Have to try it on open sights next
I'm a maggot in another life you know
I must have used mine with open sights for two years. It still rattled those cartridge cases a treat.
How I wish I still had it, for my son. Although I expect he will have something better for his first gun.