Confessioms of a fettler

[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

[woodpigeon]

ok ok
i have a pic of me shooting out a whole door glass panel in our consvertory

[woodpigeon]

she wasnt happy

[oldskoolzzz]

ok ok
i have a pic of me shooting out a whole door glass panel in our consvertory

I knew you would eventually ‘break’ pun intended

Just remembered one my uncle did whilst checking his rifle over in his front room and firing a pellet into the ceiling donut

[micky2]

Too many senior moments to say, and l know l will make more in the future.

[Bruno27]

Webley Tracker

I decided to remove light surface rust on my Webley Tracker using wire wool and WD40. All went well, and after a light oil put the rifle away. A few days later, I took it out for some plinking then realise that the loading tap had lost its smoothness and became much harder to turn: a piece of wire wool had made its way into the loading hole.

Tap air tighness is now compromised, I have put the rifle away and added Traccker on the to do list

[CapitalBee]

I had a similar experience when rebuilding my fwb 300. Circlip pins in back to front on the sledge and wondering why it wouldn't cock! Also, despite telling someone on here to assemble the barrel before the spring on their hw95, forgetting it myself and struggling like crazy.

[Turnup]

HW 45 strip and clean. Now shooting with much more recoil but much less velocity. I had put the steel spring guide inside the piston [surprisingly it fits just fine at that end]

[MartynB]

Just remembered one my uncle did whilst checking his rifle over in his front room and firing a pellet into the ceiling donut

And a friend did the same thing, it was a white artexed ceiling and he stuffed cotton wall into the hole, his parents were none the wiser until he confessed a few years later

[MartynB]

i have a pic of me shooting out a whole door glass panel in our consvertory

I did similar in the mid 70's, put a hole in the double glazed study window, parents said it was a stone thrown by the mower