Quote Originally Posted by jefL
Hi all
This is my first post, but been reading for over a month now. Wondered what to post first, didn't want to pose a string of questions straight off.
Then, whilst indulging in my other hobby in my workshop, making swarf, I recalled a recent repair job for my brother-in-law. I made a replacement front trigger guard screw with the concentric trigger adjuster inside it recently for a Relum Tornado of his that had been kicking around for a few years.
Well we tested the rebuilt gun yesterday and if all twenty shots fired had grouped like that as one shot you'd have one excellent shotgun pattern but as an airgun what a load of rubbish. I can't believe that I lusted after one of these in my early teens, but then anything underlever was a status symbol in those days (late 1960s).
So to the point, the topic for discussion, this IS a discussion forum after all, does anyone have any fond (or otherwise) memories of these rifles and have I done the right thing repairing it, or should I have left it to rust away gracefully?
Hi Jef,
This is only my second posting on this most useful forum and although I haven't read 50% of it yet, what I have has been most educational and entertaining. There's a host of knowledgeable and witty enthusiasts here.

I think you've done the right thing in refurbishing your Tornado as I would suppose that it will be a collectors item one day - if not now. I had one for a very short time in 1966 (I think) and I worked in a certain govenment establishment where they had the most sophisticated measuring equipment to establish the Tornado was producing just short of 7 foot pounds muzzle energy. Maybe further use plus pellet selection would have improved on that figure but I couldn't be bothered and sent the gun back to to the catalogue company.

I never checked out its accuracy as I was so disappointed with the power and as for its looks, well it didn't have the svelte lines of the then current Airsporter, but to me had a certain agricultural charm. Anyway, it has been said that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder!

I wonder if the inaccuracy can be cured by re-crowning the barrel. Just a thought.

Have fun and safe shooting Jim and I hope you enjoy the Tornado and do come back with an update sometime.

Bertie.