Confessioms of a fettler

[oldskoolzzz]

But now it's confession time:
What senior moments / basic errors/ careless things have you done? If you say 'None' I don't believe you

Cheers, Phil

Ok I’ll confess

From memory probably x2 basic errors.

1st one many many years ago was whilst servicing a Feinwerkbau 300su I took my time and found it easy to work on but I made an error with the circlips on reassembly for the sledge system I somehow fitted the circlips on the wrong side and I can’t remember if the rifle wouldn’t cock or wouldn’t fire took me awhile to work out what I’d done and plenty of head scratching doh!!

2nd one many more years ago a simple school boy error fitting a scope and not paying attention yes the turrets were the wrong orientation with the windage at the top and elevation to the left side my excuse was the previous scope I had removed had side illumination hence rushing to remove and refit I’d somehow thought the turret was side illumination luckily I realised before I even zerod which would have been fun

[woodpigeon]

will let you off for the first one
but not the second.

[oldskoolzzz]

will let you off for the first one
but not the second.

Pah it could have been worse I once went to look at a used rifle and the scope that was fitted had no turret internals under the cap never ever seen that before and I’ve never walked away so quickly from a used rifle

I have this inbuild habit now any used scope I buy in the flesh on it’s own or with a rifle I always remove both caps to check always makes me laugh remembering that scope.

[woodpigeon]

Pah it could have been worse I once went to look at a used rifle and the scope that was fitted had no turret internals under the cap never ever seen that before and I’ve never walked away so quickly from a used rifle

I have this inbuild habit now any used scope I buy in the flesh on it’s own or with a rifle I always remove both caps to check always makes me laugh remembering that scope.

blooody hell.how did you get on zeroing

[oldskoolzzz]

blooody hell.how did you get on zeroing

That’s why I ran a mile if the scope fitted to the rifle had no turret then it didn’t give me much confidence in the rifle

The chap selling it said it Shot Pellet on Pellet even though I pointed out to him how on earth did he get the scope to zero with a missing bloody turret!!

I made a quick excuse and ran like the wind....

[woodpigeon]

That’s why I ran a mile if the scope fitted to the rifle had no turret then it didn’t give me much confidence in the rifle

The chap selling it said it Shot Pellet on Pellet even though I pointed out to him how on earth did he get the scope to zero with a missing bloody turret!!

I made a quick excuse and ran like the wind....

ffs.

[oldskoolzzz]

ffs.

On another note not so much a confession of a fettler but I know another member on this very forum who surely falls into the careless things you’ve done category 🤔

This chap effectively known as the ‘Mirror Hunter’ whilst out on a permission shooting from a vehicle gave himself 7 years bad luck by yes you’ve guessed it shooting his own wing mirror

[sherlock1963]

2nd one many more years ago a simple school boy error fitting a scope and not paying attention yes the turrets were the wrong orientation with the windage at the top and elevation to the left side my excuse was the previous scope I had removed had side illumination hence rushing to remove and refit I’d somehow thought the turret was side illumination luckily I realised before I even zerod which would have been fun

I've done that too. I thought it was side focus........ until I tried to adjust windage.

I have also (twice) re-fitted a V-glide piston in a HW97 using the wrong slot for the cocking arm. Took me a while to figure out why it wouldn't cock.