Chinese horror!

[mark2191]

hi peakecentral, if you do not want it i will take it off your hands, not for financial gain but to do it up to a saleable condition then sell it on the forum and donate what i get for it to the forum funds.
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mark

[motty]

i have one of these! it was my first airgun when i was 12 handed down from my brother.

a havent used it for years but last night i dug it out to strip it down and wow the internals are horrible!

the piston seal is smashed to pieces (probably from dry firing hundreds of times, i knew no better when i was 12) the spring has blown out in the middle and the amount of gunge in there was nasty.

As the piston seal fell apart its no longer shootable but i just dont have the heart to throw it away.

[18 Wheeler]

Air Wolf, made 1985-9 apparently. The principal difference to the LG24 being the standard Webley rear sight (Walter 4th.ed).

Photo.

Did Webley also market a spanish rifle as the Wolf Cub at some point? Junior sized and carbine barrelled.

[MattyBoy]

Well I took a few photos of the action this lunch time as received and then did a full strip, clean relube and rebuild this evening

New breech seal is 3 stacked O-rings

Took me 2 hours in total.

Have not touched the stock except a wipe with white spirits to remove the remains of the sticky rubbish from where the sticker used to be on the cheek piece.

She shoots very smoothly but only at 5 ft lb

Probably the rather tight piston leather seal - I did soak it in SM50 for 2 hours but it seemed a bit tight on its way out and back in...

Photos here:

http://s791.photobucket.com/albums/y...20Air%20Rifle/

I think she looks OK for a quick tart-up job

I might strip the stock and oil it to finish the looks off. Nitromors or Sandpaper???

Cheers

[18 Wheeler]

John Walter tested the LG24 and gives output figures of 5.18ft/lbs (.177 using RWS Hobby 575 fps) and 4.68 ft/lbs (.22 RWS Diabolo 388fps) so it looks like you've got it running "in the zone".

Edit: Disregard the above, got your Pioneer confused with peakcentrals 'Wolf.

[EGGY]

Happy days , when I worked in the trade we purchased B2s for £9 and retailed them for £19.99 , the wholesaler let slip he paid £4 for them on the docks but had to buy a container load

[p.j.]

If I remember rightly Andrew Eggleton tested the Air wolf in Sporting air rifle, I am sure Jim will confirm.

[speedthing]

lol ian coley i know him he's till going but he's moved out of cheltenham town centre i remember going in his shop to look at all the air rifles when i was much younger.

[MattyBoy]

John Walter tested the LG24 and gives output figures of 5.18ft/lbs (.177 using RWS Hobby 575 fps) and 4.68 ft/lbs (.22 RWS Diabolo 388fps) so it looks like you've got it running "in the zone".

Edit: Disregard the above, got your Pioneer confused with peakcentrals 'Wolf.

Haha easy to confuse these 2 beauties

Anyway I guess I was expecting more like 7 but 5 is OK for a Plinker anyhow.

She shoots remarkably smoothly

I´ll be puting her up for sale soon. What is she worth as is without the stock refinishing?

[18 Wheeler]

Value? No idea, I couldn't even remember which rifle it was.

I'll start the guessing at around the "new price" that humperdingle mentionned above.

[MattyBoy]

Value? No idea, I couldn't even remember which rifle it was.

I'll start the guessing at around the "new price" that humperdingle mentionned above.

Haha

Well I am aware that it's a budget air rifle so I am not expecting anyone to say 50 quid

Current B2 retail is 39.95

Cheers

[MattyBoy]

I can't believe that this thread already has over 500 hits

What was everyone expecting to see?

[BTDT]

If I remember rightly Andrew Eggleton tested the Air wolf in Sporting air rifle, I am sure Jim will confirm.

That's some memory you have there, p.j. I thought it a good idea to get a junior to test a junior rifle, so Andy got the job, and ended up buying the rifle with the payment for the article. It's still at his parent's house.

[humperdingle]

Does anyone have Airgunner or Airgun World mags from '83-'86? I'd love to see a scan of the old B/W ad... It was fairly small, so may be hard to find, but normally at the back of the mags next to the other ads.

[peakecentral]

I can't believe that this thread already has over 500 hits

What was everyone expecting to see?

Nearly 700 now!

I'll run the Wolf across the chrono asap - probably tomorrow.

Martin