Results : Muscle Power League 2019, Spring/Summerr Series

[zooma]

Bob,

I use the Gehmann 590 sights on a few of my rifles (HW30S, HW99S, & HW95 SuperMatch).

https://gehmann.com/english/products...2&kategorie=22

The clamping on the 590's is designed for rimfires/PCPs, so is not as 'fierce' as is needed on a 'full-power' springer

I have drilled and tapped the mount body of these sights, to take an M3 bolt to engage in the arrestor holes in the HWs cylinders - works very nicely

The issue with the 'fully milled' Anschutz 6xxx sights, is that the base is split lengthways, so is very difficult to fit an arrestor bolt.

( However, I have an Anschutz 6502 'fully-milled' on my Anschutz 335 Mk2, and so far, touch wood, it has not moved/slipped yet.)

The 'cast' Anschutz sights (e.g. on late model Webley Mk3 SuperTargets) do have a facility for use of an arrestor bolt.

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

Thanks for the info Russ.

The Anschutz sight that I have on my HW30S is a really tight fit and has simply never budged during use.

It is such a tight fit that I have to "encourage it" to slide along the cylinder dovetails to get it into position, and taking it off again needs the same process in reverse!

I was given this "left handed" sight by Robin Carter some years ago and have always enjoyed using it. The "left handed" bit only means that the windage adjusting knob is on the left hand side rather than being mounted on the regular right hand side, and to be honest in use it makes no difference to me whatsoever - but if it was mounted on a rifle used for prone shooting then it probably would be a bit less helpful as I am right handed!

Funnily enough I have another rear sight on my Walther LGM-2 that also has the windage knob mounted on the left hand side - it is a "Swiss Made Elite 201". This is a lovely looking rear sight that I really like and it suites the LGM-2 a treat, but I have only ever seen one other and that also had the windage adjustor on the left hand side so maybe that's the way they were made?

The Gehmann 590 is a really good well made sight that I use on my Walther LG300XT ProTouch and it would be nice to fit one to my HW99S and tap the body as you suggest to fit a grub screw to use as the "arrester".

Interestingly enough I see that you can also order a left handed Gehmann 590 (see the link below) but it costs an extra £15 to have the windage knob mounted on the left hand side!

https://www.intershoot.co.uk/acatalo....htmlAvailable here

[PhatMan]

Bob,

Indeed - one of my Anschutz 6702s had to be modified to fit on my TX200 (the TXs dovetails are slightly too wide for the sight). About 1mm had to be milled off the bottom of the 6702s mount.

As an aside, the dovetails on my FWB602 are too wide to fit the 6702 sights at all.

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

[PhatMan]

Hello to All,

Scores updated Sunday, 20190203

For a real challenge, I used my 0.177" Hatsan 55 for February's MPL Rilfe round.

A 340 g piston (at ca. 10 ft.lb) sure makes shooting interesting !!

The 55s Quattro trigger was surprsingly effective for target use.

The pull was very crisp, but not particularly light - ca. 3 to 4 lb.

If any of you have a Hatty, dig it out and use it in the MPL

Have fun & a good Sunday,

Best regards

Russ

[zooma]

Funnily enough Russ, I have been looking at buying a Hatsun - I really like the look of the Dominator.

There was a nice looking example for sale here on the BBS recently but it was about the time that the snow came along a bit sooner than expected and I was in the middle of getting my roof finished (and weather proofed) at the time so I was a way from the BBS for a few days and lost touch.

Having said that, it may not have made a very good MPL rifle in any case, and of course I would have had the problem of finding or making a suitable front sight mount - but it does look good and "chunky" and the adjustable cheek piece is another nice touch!

I was contemplating reducing the power and adding some suitable sights - maybe it was just as well that I missed it as it may not have enjoyed having its power reduced still further as I understand that the Hatsun Dominator was intended ( and is better suited) to more power - and not less power!

Nice to see you still entering the MPL with different "kickers" though - have you thought about trying the supported air rifle shooting with a kicker?

They work surprisingly well - my HW99S was surprisingly good !

[PhatMan]

Hello to All,

Scores updated Sunday, 20190224.

I was lucky to recently buy a target rifle you don't often see - a Haenel 312 (recoiling side-lever, sliding chamber) from the GDR days.

The '312 is very nicely made, easy to cock, has a sweet trigger and shoots beautifully.

It is quite down on velocity - ca. 430 fps vs a nominal 550 fps, so it has gone off for a fettle.

I will be using the '312 in the MPL when it gets back.

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

[PhatMan]

Bob,

On the Hatsan 55S, it is a relativley straight job to fit a fore-sight tunnel - just mill off the fibre optic top part of the fore-sight, to leave an almost 'made for it' dovetail.

Strange to have a rifle with a foresight tunnel that cost more than the rifle !

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

[zooma]

Bob,

On the Hatsan 55S, it is a relativley straight job to fit a fore-sight tunnel - just mill off the fibre optic top part of the fore-sight, to leave an almost 'made for it' dovetail.

Strange to have a rifle with a foresight tunnel that cost more than the rifle !

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

Thats a tidy looking milling job you have done there Russ!

The pictures shows the barrel held in your milling vice - it looks a lot like my Vertex milling vice's. I have three of these vices in different sizes and found them to be excellent value for money.

Getting everything held square would have been the key to getting the top surface in line - did you use "soft jaws" or some other sort of protection for the barrel surface when you worked on it, or did you risk fitting it directly into the plain vice jaws (as shown in your picture)?

I only ask as I may have a similar project in mind, but I am juggling the risk of marking the barrel in the milling vice jaws with the more secure "hold" that I would probably loose by fitting soft jaws or wood block sleeves.

[zooma]

Hello to All,

Scores updated Sunday, 20190224.

I was lucky to recently buy a target rifle you don't often see - a Haenel 312 (recoiling side-lever, sliding chamber) from the GDR days.

The '312 is very nicely made, easy to cock, has a sweet trigger and shoots beautifully.

It is quite down on velocity - ca. 430 fps vs a nominal 550 fps, so it has gone off for a fettle.

I will be using the '312 in the MPL when it gets back.

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

Now that does look like a serious target rifle - classic lines - very nice!

[robthedog]

Iv'e started having a shoot again, i can only manage a few shots but its a start, accuracy is appalling though !, in practice before my injury i was getting 275+, yesterday i would of been lucky to score 150 pro rata !