Have a look on the UK Chinese forum , Welsh Willy does spares etc for the chinese comunity .
Hi all
A chap from the club gave me an old rifle last night to see if I could get it working and perhaps give it to a youngster etc
By his own admission it was a bit of a dog in fact it didn't even have the power to force a pellet out of the barrel . lol
I think its a B4 although it is marked with ' Lion ' which I think pre dated the SMK variants although I suspect one of you chaps will know ?
Anyway it will keep me busy .. for a year or too
Thanks btw Alan !
Dave
]Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway. ~ Elbert Hubbard[
Have a look on the UK Chinese forum , Welsh Willy does spares etc for the chinese comunity .
Thanks for that , we were a tad worried that the action was plugged by a piece of plastic ( original I would say ) now if I put a better spring in it would the spring fire out backwards lol
It rattles and twists and really has seen better days , should be a laugh though I guess .
cheers
Dave
]Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway. ~ Elbert Hubbard[
Dave , the beauty of them is they are so "agricultural" , to work on them is easy .
Take a large hammer .... ....
Jokes aside , they do well with a tiny bit of re-engineering .
They wont fall into the TX / Pro sport / HW class , but can be turned easily into good fun guns, plinking , shooting coke cans , spinners etc.
The beauty of them is , you some how are'nt afraid to take them out in gaga weather , dont matter if they get a bit damp or muddy .
Drill out here & there , put in bigger screws made of steel , not platiscene (?)
& its ok .
Some of the under lever variants , you cant do much to improve , unless you fancy re-machining the stock. The rifle is set so far forward , you need an 8 inch trigger finger, with the strength of your thumb .
I think the chaps on this site will welcome some one of your reputation amongst them.
http://ukchineseairgunforum.myfreeforum.org/index.php
Gerry
I like the Lion! Such an advanced action in so crude a gun. I well remember them from the 70s.
Take a look here
http://ukchineseairgunforum.myfreefo...highlight=lion
Also if you pm me an email I can send you scan of an old article on them if interested.
Ollie
Some good posts and stuff on that site!..This story by Bob Beeman is worth 5 mins.......
http://www.beemans.net/a_shot_of_humor.htm
Many thanks for the replies , I think the first modification that needs doing is to plug the action with metal - that plastic looks far too dodgy to me
Once I have given it a clean up ( with a wire brush and a b'stard file ) I will post some pics on here , in the meantime I have lots of reading to do on those forums . lol
thanks again
Dave
]Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway. ~ Elbert Hubbard[
]Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway. ~ Elbert Hubbard[
As my good Mate Gerry says Agricultural but ok with a bit of work, i cant get in to the Chinese Gun forum for some reson either. atb.
Dave,
while I suspect that you'll probably be able to polish it, no matter how much you do it'll still be a turd.
Fabricatum diem, pvnc!
I tried polishing the sear on a DB4 and it just melted like a bit of cheese. Be careful!
The Lion was a rifle which could produce some very high velocities if you got a 'good' one, but it was sold without a scope rail and as variable in its quality.