MPL Results Autumn series

[thirdwheel]

corrected due to a mess I made pasting results

Must do better
George

[zooma]

I picked up an Air Match in a bit of a swapsee type of a deal ( like we all do now and again ) and thought it was a 600 - but now I am thinking it is not a 600 so I will identify it first, tidy it up a bit and then maybe try it in this series to see how I get on..if I can find enough strength to cock it and enough will power to hide the pain as I continue to shut my hand in it when I close the loading lever.

It reminds me of Arkwrights till - another a snappy little number

[zooma]

I picked up an Air Match in a bit of a swapsee type of a deal ( like we all do now and again ) and thought it was a 600 - but now I am thinking it is not a 600** so I will identify it first, tidy it up a bit and then maybe try it in this series to see how I get on..if I can find enough strength to cock it and enough will power to hide the pain as I continue to shut my hand in it when I close the loading lever.

It reminds me of Arkwrights till - another a snappy little number

**Now identified as being an Air Match CU650 Olympic.

[thirdwheel]

scores updated and a new competitor - welcome John G

Best cheers
George

[thirdwheel]

Dark and miserable outside so we set up the range in the living room and Sarah shot her first set of cards and I did a set too - been shooting a lot of 10m and boy is this different and difficult. I used the HW40 for the first time in a year and still surprised at how nice it is to shoot but my scores suffered due to not being in tune with it - excuses, excuses!!!

Best cheers
George

[thirdwheel]

Scores upated

George

[zooma]

I dusted off a black plastic case and dug out a .177 Mk3 Webley Alecto that was fitted with a silencer and remembering just how well Fat Stigg shot with his when he used to bring it to RMTC I decided to give it a go.

I don't like pistols that are made to look like large military side arms, I don't like plastic air pistols and I don't like big clumsy looking ones either - and the Webley Alecto is all of these The safety is like a double trigger - the front one needs to be pushed away with the trigger finger before the rear working rear trigger can be pulled, I also found that very annoying too but for all its geat girth it was actually a very light pistol

The pistol was not too fussy about which pellets it liked ( just as well as I was getting too cold outside to test any more) but I thought the best grouping with those tested was with RWS Meisterkugeln 4.50 so I chose to shoot with these.

With the silencer fitted it was remarkably quiet and I shot the six August cards (yes I know I am running late this time) with it fitted and it was the quietest air pistol I have ever shot. This could be handy if you have thin walls and intolerant neighbours

When I finished I unscrewed the silencer and shot it again with a much more normal noise level and achieved even tighter grouping - unfortunately this was discovered a bit too late but for such a small screw-on tube device it actually worked well.

After I had shot my cards I decided that the Mk3 Webley Alecto was not my favourite air pistol but it did shoot far better than it looked, it was recoilless and easy to shoot, more accurate than me ( they all are these days) and given that many people do actually like the military looking pistols I am a little surprised that nobody else has chosen to shoot one in this series....until now.

Given my various prejudices against the pistol I have to admit that it would be a very good choice for anyone (with large hands) who wanted an accurate target pistol that performs better than the usual favourites such as the GAMO Compact so maybe it deserves to be more popular than it is. The adjustable palm shelf is a bonus too!

[thirdwheel]

Bob
Agree with your evaluation of the chunky Alecto, I bought a new one to get me back into pistol a couple of years ago but swiftly got sucked into competition shooting via the MPL then swiftly into 10m and proper target PCP pistols. The fwb 65 I've been using is so different in weight distribution to the K12 I've been training hard with I decided to try out the HW40 in the last round and to use the Alecto in this round. Took it out of the case last week and had a go and yup oversize, out of star wars, too big for my little hand but shoots fine when you get used to the slightly creepy release. Not messed about with pellets but I usually use cheaper ones with the cheaper pistols.
Took my wife's hw40 to bits - trigger - and polished the shear and she loves it but does not have the strength to cock the thing - I do it so I guess it's a pcp now!

For so little money both the above make great competition pistols for 6yd and it's not easy by any means but very different to 10m which I shoot most days now but I can shoot 6yd and the mpl in the living room when I do not want to go out to the club as a stress buster.

There is so much headroom for focused fun at 6yds with the cheaper pistols I find it strange not more people do it.

Oh and your scores are in the table now Bob

Geo

[zooma]

Thanks George,

The next time you are adding some scores please change my pistol and pellet information on the August scores as I used a different Webley pistol this time (Alecto) and shot it with Meisterkugeln pellets.

If I am brave enough I will shoot a Webley Junior in the next round.

An old guy ( even older than myself!) who has been visiting our model shop for over 25 years is an avid collector of almost anything but in particular steam engines, Myford lathes, tinplate models, r/c boats and yachts of all types and just about anything that he see's that attracts his attention on the day.

He goes to just about every market and show that could yield a new addition to his collection but sometimes enjoys the bartering more than the item he takes home and this included a boxed Mk 2 Webley Junior that he clearly did not really want and it ended up getting part exchanged against one of my own Stuart Turner engines!

Having just acquired it I now want to shoot it as I remember back in the NARPA days a friend of mine bought a new one of these in 1977 and shot very well with it at 6 yards - much to our amazement - so I would like to see if I can get myself and this Mk2 Webley Junior to perform together well also - although being realistic it is not likely to be bothering the scorer too much

[thirdwheel]

Bob
Sorry about the wrong pistol as I cut and pasted the info.

AAAAAAH the words Stuart Tuner, lots and lots of these 2T motors were still in use with our yacht club members only a few years ago but slowly they have gone diesel due to spares back up, safety, economy and power. They used a prestigious amount of fuel on the way to Holland if you had to motor sail to get the tide right at the other side. My pal had one in his knife sharpening van and sharpened most of the knives in the City of London restaurants, he keeps it to this day as a pet. They are so heavy compared to the diesels that replaced them and often you could reduce the height of the anti fouling as the yacht sat higher in the water with the Turner, gearbox and massive flywheel gone.

Back to Webleys - only shot one once (two pellets) strange little thing.

Geo

[thirdwheel]

Scores updated - and another fwb 65 being used

Geo

[zooma]

I started to catch-up with my MPL tonight and since I have just cleaned and walnut oil dressed the grip of my "new to me" Air Match 650 I took some Meiserkugeln pellets and risked another blood blister and started to shoot.

I have called this pistol Arkwright after the till in "open all hours" as that is what it reminds me of every time I cock it and risk trapping my fingers/thumb/hand parts between the lever and the cylinder as it snaps shut but it does look good and shoots well - or it did for a while

Well Arkwright and I started OK but I was sure I could hear a hissing sound as I went along and finally decided to hold the cocked ( but not loaded) pistol to my ear when the steady hissing sound from the breach/trigger area was confirmed.

This required an urgent dive into the cupboard and out came the substitute - my Original Model 10 for the October cards.

Very little difference was seen on the score cards between the SSP and the springer and although changing pistols mid-way was not the intended plan it was good fun and I enjoyed the change.

.....now I need to find some seals for my Air Match - anybody know who might have some? If not the ALDI SSP First Aid box ("O" ring set) may be pressed into action again,

[Frog]

.....now I need to find some seals for my Air Match - anybody know who might have some? If not the ALDI SSP First Aid box ("O" ring set) may be pressed into action again,

Hi Bob,

last time I resealed my airmatch 600 I used a seal set I had bought for a fas 604 - MOST but not all the seals where the same sizes. The only seal I recall being tougher than your Aldi seals are likely to be is the piston seal - which if I recall correctly (this was 15 years ago!) was a translucent material (and I used the FAS one).

Cheers

Frog

[thirdwheel]

bob's scores just added and it looks like he is going to try out every pistol he has in this series but it is not holding him back any!!!

Geo

[zooma]

bob's scores just added and it looks like he is going to try out every pistol he has in this series but it is not holding him back any!!!

Geo

Sadly I can't find anything that helps me score any better - I think I must have peaked

Maybe I should try the sacred FWB 103?

I doubt that will help it would make me smile