The replica! Can you help?

[RobinC]

Now Bob (zooma), thanks Bob, has suplied the original stlyle machined nylon butt spacer, I have all I need to really start.

The stock is now a lovely golden colour (original Original shade), and I have a selection of period EC stickers from Holland, Germany, and Austria, and patterns to make English ones. I have an original small GB squad sticker, and have even found in parts an original large one, the plain union flag style. We still have her old shooting glasses case, and there on it was a GB squad sticker cut up to fit the case, but I can reassemble it and rebuild it, we have the technology!

I will make a new alloy trigger mount link, a longer one to be able to move the trigger rearward for a smaller hand, and skeletonise the trigger guard so it does not foul, all as done on the original.

The cut to shorten the stock, I'm using the excuse that the workshop is cold, but really I'm leaving it as long as possible as I still live in hope that the original rifle will turn up, and probably ten minutes after I shorten the replica!

Does any one have an original "Original 75" hand book? If they did not wish to part with it, a good copy would do. I've worked out the various trigger adjustments but would still apreciate an originl hand book or a good copy.

Have Fun

[zooma]

I have a case full of old handbooks and advertising brochures from the early 70's - just stuff I acquired at the time as it was helpful to show to the Exmouth club members when I first started the club back in 1971.

Most recruits were new to target shooting and many had no knowledge of air weapon types or availability so this case full of literature was a very useful reference and helped to guide many to their first purchase .

Spare copies of the handbooks were also helpful as some club members managed to dig up used examples of air pistols and rifles from a variety of sources - usually without the handbook (some things never change) and again this proved to be a valuable resource that helped to set up many a trigger !

Over the years this goody bag has been somewhat depleted but I will dig it out and take a look to see if I still have a handbook for your Model 75 - I used to have them with the Original and the Diana badges printed on them - the badge was the only difference between the handbooks !

[RobinC]

Well today I took the big step on the replica, I cut the stock to length!

I did use the 1978 picture of her with it alongside a "full size one", printed that and measured the pictures, and then worked out the exact measurement, and guess what, it worked out to the standard dimension that she still has all her current rifles. I even used my old 50 year old tenon saw, which would amost certainly have cut off the original, so its a replica made using the original tools!

I've had forty years of shortening rifles for her, but its still very nervious making! I worked out that I've shortened 8 wooden stock rifles for her over the forty years, counting air, small bore and full bore, and the three most recent ones have been alloy stocks made to measure, so I was not expecting to have to do any more!

I still have the trigger to mod with a new longer link, and the guard to modify to clear, then its the assembly.

Now I've cut the stock to length, I presume the original one will now turn up!

Have fun
Robin

[RobinC]

Also been busy on the 'puter replicating EC stickers from original samples or pictures, but I'm stuck on British Championship EC stickers from 1977 to 1980, the old Cardiff days, any one have an old match rifle or pistol with one of those on it? I just need a picture to copy.

Some one must have one?

Robin

[RobinC]

We both shot in the Original British Champioships in the 70's, she Rifle, me Pistol, and I'm starting to have recolections that although they did some very basic equipment control at those, I'm starting to think they did not attach any stickers in the early ones, and late 70's?

This is based on 40 year ago recolections, surely I'm not the only one on this forum who shot in those meeteings 40 years ago? Was any one else a regular, and can you remember if they did sticker, or not? If they did do you have a sample on an old gun?

[Norfolkngood]

I have no stickers from the Cardiff events which I attended until about 1985. I have some photographs somewhere from the events but I don't recall much about equipment control in that era other than clothing checks. Somewhere I have a small National squad sticker amongst my stuff and I still have the full size one on a shooting case.

[RobinC]

Good to hear from you Tony, hope you are both well.

I'm coming round to the conclusion that they did not do them then, and I remember the clothing check was, they just looked at it!

EC now is a nightmare for young or new shooters, fastening overlap machine test, thickness of kit measured to 0.1mm (thats on canvass material not metal) stiffness tested to 0.1 mm deflection, boots flexed on a special rig, and then a multitude of measurements checked, it can be an hour process, beam me up Scotty!

If the small squad sticker is available, would really apreciate it.