Another pistol competition

[serowman]

Here we go then Graeme. Cards shot at club yesterday with FWB 80.

44; 33; 32; 22.

Consistent ?

John is still recovering from the 44 (best ever by a mile. Infinite number of monkeys etc.)

[MattW]

Well....
Put the first pellet in my FAS 604 yesterday (not even zeroed yet), lined up on a 6yd target, straight through the 10 ring. Woo hoo thinks I - I'm going to enjoy this

Cock it for the second shot, pffht - burst an internal seal somewhere - no compression. Oh poo thinks I, got to work out how to take the flippin' thing apart now and fit a seal kit

Ah, the joys of old (ish) air pistols....

Matt

[pennineway.fswo]

Well....
Put the first pellet in my FAS 604 yesterday (not even zeroed yet), lined up on a 6yd target, straight through the 10 ring. Woo hoo thinks I - I'm going to enjoy this

Cock it for the second shot, pffht - burst an internal seal somewhere - no compression. Oh poo thinks I, got to work out how to take the flippin' thing apart now and fit a seal kit

Ah, the joys of old (ish) air pistols....

Matt

Matt
I bought my Fas very cheap because the seals had gone
I made the mistake of ordering a set of seals from Surrey Guns. He charged me £39
When thy arrived, I went to my local plumbers and bought a matching set which i keep as spares(they cost about £3)
Only 1 of the Fas seals needs to be hard wearing and that is the one on the moving piston that takes all the wear
As an experiment, I just used an ordinary O ring (from a plumbing shop)for this purpose and it still works 2 years later. So don't rush into spending £39 for a set of O rings
Screwfix will sell you a box of 500 for £14 in a full range of sizes

If you want me to e-mail you the parts diagram for the 604 let me know, as some of the O rings are duplicated in the pistol.

john

[pollythedog]

John
I asked a few replies ago about any objections or thoughts on entering wityh more than one pistol, since there was no feedback either way I will say "yes" anyone who wants to enter with another pistol that meets the criteria then go ahead, after all this comp is all about making use of guns that you may not be using so much these days.
And no doubt the offer of a token prize will sweeten the deal, very kind of you.
regards
Graeme

180!! looks like there is a real competition on now for some of the entrants.

Scores updated.

[pollythedog]

Here we go then Graeme. Cards shot at club yesterday with FWB 80.

44; 33; 32; 22.

Consistent ?

John is still recovering from the 44 (best ever by a mile. Infinite number of monkeys etc.)

44!! Nice one Roger, although I may be demanding a drugs test at the end if this continues! lol

Welcome aboard Bigwhiterabbit, your name has been added on the website.

Scores updated.

Cheers
Graeme

[pennineway.fswo]

Hi Graeme
Roger was on for a heck of a score but got a bit excited with the 44
Pete and i shot also our first rounds using the FAS 604's

Pete; 39/37/41/44 =161
mine; 47/45/43/45 = 180 never to be repeated

Ken will shoot his Wednesday pm.
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Because this thread is lengthy, I have not read every post, so if this next point has been covered already, then just ignore me:

Question for you and the rest of the guys
Can a shooter enter more than once but with a different gun for each entry??

This would enable some of us to get out of the cupboard an old Webley, HW45/70, Scorpian or Walther springer to compete with, as well as using our favourite target pistol in a separate entry.
This would also allow us at the end of the season to judge just how good or bad some of the recoiling type pistols are against the recoiless match type pistols of today.
Same rules of course ie. .177 cal and shot 1 handed, standing and unsupported
I would be quite happy to put up a modest little prize for best recoiling pistol (and exclude my self from the prize), although I would like to take part
If the answer is yes, then you could put a cap of 2 entries or 3 entries/person

Thanks John