Did any one ever buy an airgunaid SP5 in the late 70's or early 80's,just been
reading a test on one from in an old edition of AGW,if you did did it live up to
the hype' that the rifle got? Just curious as I always wanted one as a kid.
Rich
Did any one ever buy an airgunaid SP5 in the late 70's or early 80's,just been
reading a test on one from in an old edition of AGW,if you did did it live up to
the hype' that the rifle got? Just curious as I always wanted one as a kid.
Rich
Yep I have one. Lived in the same street as the creator of the same (Eddie Barber), was a contemporary with his daughter, remember the shop vividly, and there is a bit about it all in AGW next issue . Photo of my Airgunaid SP-5 .20 cal Hunter (as it was called), and pellets, and an ad attached. Atb: G.
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looks very like a diana g80 with a custom stock to me?
Airgunaid SP-5 Recipe & Ingredients: imported Walthar .20 cal barrel (these were the first commercially available British built .20 cal air rifles), Eddie Barber/Airgunaid internals based on out-sourced components, Eddie Barber two-stage trigger unit, based around a G80 trigger block (very innovative for the day), a locally made stock once production was properly up and running (although early examples did indeed sport G80 stocks ), and action tubes manufactured by Milbro, and stamped 'AIRGUNAID' under licence (these shared same dimensions as that of the G80). Allow to simmer in the hands of one of AGWs most noted writers and gunsmiths (Eddie B) and serve to the public as an accompaniment to enhance any a hasenpfeffer ...
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I always wanted one of these Gareth but somehow never managed to get one I will enjoy reading Jim Tylers "Blast From The Past" (its the first thing I read in AGW) lets hope the triggers ok on this one Jim seems to have had a run of bad luck lately with badly adjusted triggers from previous owners gunsmithing handywork ATVB regards Paul
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on a slightly diffrent note, i remember buying a " airgunaid tuning kit" for my mercury , would have been about 1979 i think, were they the first company to offer a d.i.y tuning kit ?? it consisted of a spring, some dri-slide , moly lube,abbey sm50, a tube of solvol autosol, a polishing rod and mop, and instructions, worked quite well if i remember correctly, they also sent a new order form which i still have
atb
paul
hw 80custom, , hw 35 luxus, hw35 std,
The SP-5 trigger travel was correctly adjusted, Paul. My only criticism of it was that the first stage of travel could have been a little smoother.
The SP-5 was the first British air rifle conversion and, as such, has an important place in modern airgun history.
I'll add only that Gareth is going to hammer Cloggy into the ground like a tent peg when he sees Cloggy's Relum Tele remark.
Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
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Done my bit for the BBS: http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....-being-a-mod-… now I’m a game-keeper turned poacher.
Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
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Done my bit for the BBS: http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....-being-a-mod-… now I’m a game-keeper turned poacher.