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Have two things - need help in i.d .
The first photo courtesy of Neil is of two boxed assemblies of parts marked
'.22 'to each . Completely baffled , guessing something target airgun ..Any ideas ?
The second is a very ornate and unusual stock - Webley break barrel but this period leaves me cold (apart from Cadets )- 40's /50's/60's ....Ranger or Junior or .....?.
The stock is Beech but very decorative as a highlely knotted or 'Spalted (?) piece of wood has been used . This was covered in 60 years of gunk and gunge and gave it to a friend then had it back recently -decided to sand down and oil and was left with this . Why so ornate - an accident or a special ?
Photos added later by Neil ( Thanks Neil)
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The stock looks like Maple or Birch to me...Dave...
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One member here has PM'd and said its a Junior stock . When and why did Webley start using exotic woods for their what I would call 'standard' airgun range stocks ?
In fact I think you are right re Birch as I have dragged out a piece of Birch and the colour minus my oil treatment is similar
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As above, think it's birds-eye maple?...
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Thanks Dave .
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If it is birdseye maple? (which seems to be a very expensive wood that is used primarily for musical instruments!)...I wonder how many blanks for pistol grips you would get out of that stock?......
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and I thought Mmmmm that would do nicely ....Lol !!
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The first picture are precision pellet sizers. Push the pellets through with the ball bearing and plunger. In practice didn't make much difference in accuracy as pellets self size through the barrel anyway.
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So what would the function of the two steel shims and the two steel round plates be for ? Both boxes were sealed and I opened one - the sealed one has the identical parts - nothing added to nor taken away
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Probably to give optional bores to the main part. See is they exactly match up or are a tiny amount smaller.
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The stock wood appears to be very similar to the Birch wood used for the handles of some of the better Swedish sheath knives.
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The pellet sizer may well be a BSA one - identical collection of bits shown in the 3rd edition of Walter's The Airgun Book (page 176).
Iain
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Thanks Ian , must borrow this book from my friend.
I did offer up a .22 pellet to it and it dropped straight thru ...then tried a Wasp .22 / 5.56 and it stuck .
Still apart from the pellet pusher - what/how where the steel shims designed to do /be attached to ?
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The pellet sizers were made by TR Robb circa 1978, a pellet is inserted in the thick bit then a ball bearing then the discs are placed either side, pressed together and hey presto sized pellet. He also made an adjustable one, still does I believe. 2 much better ones were made for my .25 and .177 BSA XLs design was cribbed from the CO2 mag loader by Walther or Umerex I CAN SIZE ABOUT 20 PELLETS IN A MINUTE. These were made by Phil Hassell PCMB? A fellow member of LVAGC Jenny Dipple
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