Hi Jef,Originally Posted by jefL
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.