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I did some work to cut down the lock time a shorter spring that sits on a new guide longer and pack out at the back which works and with the trigger that's about well under 2 lb top hat a spring sleeve always wanted one in .177 mines fully blued which has stood the test of time still looks like new just if I scope it up and at 25 yards it shoots like a shot gun it will end up like my beloved airsporter of the time I made it in to a lamp l with open sights out to 10 to 15 yards its ok the Benjamin rifles had walter barrels I know they are basically the same gun
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A little reading around suggests that the Benjamin ones may have had some significant improvements. Better front sight/lever catch, LW barrel. The Pyramydair blog features one (suitably fettled) grouping modern pellets into less than 1/2" at 25 yards, and a thread on the GTA includes a guy getting 50 yard groups around an inch.
may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal repleneration
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Uh ???
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Alistair changed "Vulcan" to "hawk".Uh ???
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Good job, too (maligning the mighty Vulcan indeed) ...
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Many years ago I recall shooting my HR81 at a plastic container situated some seventy yards in front of me. I could shoot and re-load before my pellet hit the plastic drum!
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70 yards = 210 feet, so even only doing 200fps - you must be some awesome dude
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The mighty Sterling. All the best, and worst, of British airgun design. A triumph of engineering over aesthetics. I have three of them.
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Well I like them. Got four of them. Not as commonly encountered as they one were, so you have to look for a while before you find a good one.
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Yes. I like them, too: quirky, quality, and quintessentially British.
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Bit like an Austin Maxi?Yes. I like them, too: quirky, quality, and quintessentially British.
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No no no. Austin Maxis weren't quirky or quality -- they were just cr@p. They looked cr@p, they drove cr@p (with their virtually free-floating front axles), they were built cr@p using cr@p materials, and came in cr@ppy beige or 'cr@p' coloured chocolate brown.
The only thing good about the Austin Maxi was that it wasn't an Austin Allegro (coz they were double plus cr@p lol). Now imho, a much better Austin car analogy for the quirky and quality Sterling would've been the Austin Hornet, no ???
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A Wolseley 35 Hornet Special maybe. There's more metal in a Stirling than a Austin/Wolseley Hornet as well.
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Lol, yes ok, the Wolsey Hornet Special. Austin-wise then, and to increase the metal content, how about the Austin Cambridge?
A Wolseley 35 Hornet Special maybe. There's more metal in a Stirling than a Austin/Wolseley Hornet as well.
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