Original Model 6 - parts or scruffy example wanted

[Benelli B76]

I have repaired quite a few of these, done one last week. You probably know already that if the racks and gears are a small amount out of correct position when screwing in the two side pinions, damage will occur when firing for the first time. This is why a lot of these pistols have teeth missing on the racks. When assembled correctly they are smooth and lovely to shoot. I find them hard to beat for accuracy and trigger pull the price they sell for.

Baz

[zooma]

I have repaired quite a few of these, done one last week. You probably know already that if the racks and gears are a small amount out of correct position when screwing in the two side pinions, damage will occur when firing for the first time. This is why a lot of these pistols have teeth missing on the racks. When assembled correctly they are smooth and lovely to shoot. I find them hard to beat for accuracy and trigger pull the price they sell for.

Baz

I am looking forward to getting my grey moulded Model 6 back together again Baz.

The missing teeth on the piston racks may have been damaged by a previous owner/re-builder - as you suggest!

The "military style" plastic gripped Model 6 was my first recoilless target pistol after I started the Exmouth club back in 1971, and most of our club members bought one too.

All of the Model 6 pistols in our club had the later brown moulded grips - I never saw the earlier grey moulded grip on a Model 6 until many years later, although I did (and still have) a grey grip on a Model 5.

When I later changed to an FWB 65 my shooting did not improve - the Original Model 6 is a highly under-rated target pistol in my opinion, and once the strange feel of the upright moulded grip had been mastered it was enjoyed by everyone who shot it.