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    Help ID an old Rifle

    Hi I'm trying to ID an old rifle i had as a kid so I can see if i can bring new life to it.
    It's a El Gamo rifle in .22 springer probably about twenty years old. Trying to locate some parts so i can restore it to it's former glory.



    http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...6-01160351.jpg
    http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...6-01160409.jpg
    http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...6-01160341.jpg

    Thanks Nathan

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    Looks to me to be a gamo expo an older one

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    Quote Originally Posted by nathan11 View Post
    Hi I'm trying to ID an old rifle i had as a kid so I can see if i can bring new life to it.
    It's a El Gamo rifle in .22 springer probably about twenty years old. Trying to locate some parts so i can restore it to it's former glory.



    http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...6-01160351.jpg
    http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...6-01160409.jpg
    http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...6-01160341.jpg

    Thanks Nathan
    I recon its a Asi sniper.

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    ASI Sniper

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    Rifle Id

    Hi, been looking at exploded diagrams on T.W Chambers looks like it could be the ASI Sniper.

    Thanks for help Nathan

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    Looking at it in my John Walter airgun book.. Lifted the followingtext:

    OO Modelo Expo or 200 (Asl sniper

    The handy, well-balanced Expo 200. widely

    distributed outside Spain, was developed in

    the 1960s. t offers reasonable quality at

    low cost, though is not especially
    it is
    sophisticated. The cocking lever is

    articulated, the trigger a rather coarse two-

    stage design adjustable for travel but not

    pull weight which is set at 7-11b

    (3-5kg).The micro-adjustable open-notch

    spring leaf back sight, complementing the

    hooded blade, is controlled by very clearly

    graduated plastic discs. The beech stock

    displays good external finish but less

    impressive netting, newer stocks have a

    cheekpiece, in addition to the black plastic

    butt-plate, and a plain rather than grooved

    fore-end. The trigger guard is an

    unattractive moulding and the trigger

    Lever-a light stamping lies rather far

    forward of the pistol grip for the small-

    handed or short-fingered marksman. Type,

    break-barrel spring-air rifle, detent-locked

    bolt); c, R4; ca, 4.5/0.177 or 5.5/0.22,

    loa, 1,028/41.5; b, 450/17.7: r, 12R: wt,

    2.41/5.31; ps, leather washer: bs, neoprene

    O-ring; sft, none.
    Donald

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    Hi,

    It's not a Sniper which was a completely different looking (I am being polite) air rifle. I can remember being asked to repair a Sniper in '73 or '74 and refusing after stripping it down. I think this was part of the range and so it dates from the late 60's. or early 70's.

    Regards, David

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