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    Quote Originally Posted by p.j. View Post
    Saw them all in the flesh today the single stroke pcp is heavy. What you haven't seen yet is the webley like stainless steel gas ram it is very cute
    Heavy is good, heavy is sign of reliability!

    Don't tease us with the webley like thing! More info please
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    Quote Originally Posted by JerryD View Post
    ".......the T16 will offer match level of accuracy in a recoilless non- precharged rifle. Nothing at this level has been offered before."


    Hmmmm..... FWB, Original, Whiscombe and Park Rifles might take a bit of umbrage at that statement.....



    nice, though.....
    Fine if you like things made from leftover spares from the space shuttle. I wouldn't give you 1200p for it personally.
    This is all beginning to sound like the legendary metisse or matisse thing which went from a hybrid CO2 or HP air multishot to an overpriced single shot turd.
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    Interesting.

    "Heavy is good, heavy is reliable". Nice movie quote. Unfortunately not true. Well-designed and well-made is reliable, irrespective of weight.

    Not keen on the looks.

    Not keen on the resurrection of the Sterling brand. Is it made in the Sterling factory in Dagenham by the successors of George Lanchester and George Patchett? No, because Sterling folded 30 years ago.

    But this is one of the few recent British (or is that "British"? - how much is actually made here, and by whom?) air guns of recent years that is interesting and that I would like to check out.

    A gas-ram Whiscombe/Park copy is definitely interesting. Of course, the problem with the JWs and the Parks is that for HFT and FT they are classed with PCPs, against which they come close, but fall slightly short in comps, and for sporting use they are big, costly, heavy, less wieldy and only slightly better in accuracy terms than a top recoiling springer like a TX or a 77.

    So, actually, I like this. It's interesting.

    On the other hand, I think I said the same about the "Webley" Paradigm. Which never made production.

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    Quote Originally Posted by p.j. View Post
    Saw them all in the flesh today the single stroke pcp is heavy. What you haven't seen yet is the webley like stainless steel gas ram it is very cute
    Arrgghhh!!!!! Pictures! Pictures!





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    I know I should have taken some! Terry d has one of me holding the stainless Sterling.
    The PCP one was very slim and light.

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    Tony Belas was on the Sterling stand wearing a exhibitor badge with Sterling armaments on it. Has he now left Daystate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JerryD View Post
    Arrgghhh!!!!! Pictures! Pictures!

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    no pix yet:

    https://www.solware.co.uk/sterling-mk2
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gramps View Post
    Tony Belas was on the Sterling stand wearing a exhibitor badge with Sterling armaments on it. Has he now left Daystate?
    Think he got laid off a while back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mole trapper View Post
    Think he got laid off a while back.
    A few were let go I seem to recall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shed tuner View Post
    I won't be able to resist one of these if it's a quality made item.

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    Grab from that video Mick posted..

    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.

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    Argh no! If it's really an SS webley in modern materials I' m done for. As long as the stock, which is hidden in your pic, is not a pig's breakfast I'll be signing up for one.

    Next Q to anyone who's been to the show: is it interchangeable barrel like the MkII, and are Sterling going to do a 3 barrel set?

    They'd be bloody stupid not to......
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    Quote Originally Posted by flyingfish View Post
    I heard it's got double opposing pistons to make it recoil less
    Or is it a sliding sledge ?
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    Dual opposed pistons with gas rams

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