Air Gun Reconditioning/Refurbishing

[bestiller]

Hi, I am curently looking into having an airgun from childhood recond/refurb. and not having much luck searching the net...Any help with companies or gunsmiths that do this would be much appreciated..Thanks

[Phil Russell]

A key question must be 'what is the rifle?' If you find a gunsmith to service the action and a company to re-blue and then refurbish the stock you could easily spend far more than the rifle is worth just in labour charges.
What is wrong with it? If the rifle is a standard model then it would not be difficult to service it yourself and there would be many people on here to advise you. Similarly with refurbishing a stock. Actions can be re-blued at a cost (I am told) of around £60-£70 by companies such as Manchester Airguns.
Hope this helps .. give us more info on what needs doing and I am sure we can be more specific.
Cheers, Phil

[Airsporter1st]

This outfit seems to have just appeared on the scene.

However, I'm sure you will soon get a lot of recommendations from people with first hand experience which may be the best way to go.

[olly321]

Totally agree with above

[Jimmy Bojangles]

I can definitely recommend Manchester air guns, I had my fathers mk1 BSA Meteor done by them. New spring (was still on it's original) plus new trigger guard and a few other bits, and a reblue, only £70.00! Probably still more than the gun's worth, but the look on my dads face when I gave it to him made it an absolute bargain!

Cheers

Jimmy

[Airsporter1st]

Personally, anyone who keeps using the word weapon instead of airgun isn't going to get my money -

Totally agree with above

So I guess you don't have anything to do with BAR, McAvoy's, The Airgun Centre, BSA, Webley or Air Arms - all of whom use the taboo word 'weapon' in their literature - to name but the first few of those whose websites I looked at?

[Peter Dunkley]

Who's missed the point then?

[emin-j]

Personally, anyone who keeps using the word weapon instead of airgun isn't going to get my money -

You dont' have to like it but a ' Weapon ' is what they are plus they are also 'Firearms' Yes even sub 12ftlb Air Guns are classed as ' Firearms'

[delta1]

This outfit seems to have just appeared on the scene.

However, I'm sure you will soon get a lot of recommendations from people with first hand experience which may be the best way to go.

Seems to recommend himself highly for photography etc!

[Airsporter1st]

Seems to recommend himself highly for photography etc!

Didn't notice that one!

I must admit I'd like to hear from someone that had already had a satisfactory experience with him before I placed my own cherished classic in his care - hence the second sentence in my post.

[Troubledshooter]

Personally, anyone who keeps using the word weapon instead of airgun isn't going to get my money -

You can call a Spade a manually operated earth shifting device, but it's still a Spade.