Stock identification -help required? Air arms? Side lever?

[dougbunney]

Hiya I've picked up a stock which I thought was for an air arms mistral side lever but upon fitting the action into stock I've found it doesn't fit the air arms side lever action, the in-letting isn't wide enough ?
Can anyone identify which gun this stock belongs to? It really looks like an air arms mistral from the shape and wiking butt pad but it definitely won't fit, there's no cut out for the tap and there's a large cut away at rear of action which looks unusual.
Pics here http://imgur.com/gallery/v0FiyMA

[MattyBoy]

Could it be for a Titan Mohawk or Titan JB1?

Matty

[T 20]

Hi Doug.

I could well be wrong, but I have an idea that could be the stock off a Titan Sidelever and it accepts the action of a Chinese made Fast Deer air rifle.

I know that one of these stocks have surfaced before at Melbourne and been identified on here as a Titan SL stock.

Fast Deer :-

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I'll just go and dig my Fast Deer out and measure the inletting for you.




All the best Mick

[T 20]

Could it be for a Titan Mohawk or Titan JB1?

Matty

Definitely not a Mohawk, Matty.

[dougbunney]

Cheers would be great to see pictures of guns to compare it to. It looks to be from a side lever rifle and the cut out at the back of the action is cut away on the right hand side only which makes me think the gun it came from looks like the side lever might pivoted almost 180degrees?

[thisisdonald]

Looks like a AA Bora to me

[dougbunney]

Air arms bora /mistral is the same stock but it's definitely not an air arms stock as the in letting is different ,notice no cut out for the anti bear trap and no cut out for to tap lever. Otherwise it really does look almost identical to an air arms mistral /bora from the outside. From looking at it I think if the in-letting was altered then it would fit an AA. If we can find out which rifle it belongs to then I'll see if anybody on here needs one as I've not got the carpentry skills myself to go altering the in-letting.

[MattyBoy]

Hi Doug.

I could well be wrong, but I have an idea that could be the stock off a Titan Sidelever and it accepts the action of a Chinese made Fast Deer air rifle.

I know that one of these stocks have surfaced before at Melbourne and been identified on here as a Titan SL stock.

Fast Deer :-

image.jpg

I'll just go and dig my Fast Deer out and measure the inletting for you.




All the best Mick

Ah yes it could be. I have an SL800 but I can't access it right now

Matty

[T 20]

I have an SL800 but I can't access it right now

Matty

That's the one, Matty --- SL800

I'll just go and dig my Fast Deer out and measure the inletting for you.

340mm from the front of the forward V to the rear, 32mm wide tube.

If we can find out which rifle it belongs to then I'll see if anybody on here needs one as I've not got the carpentry skills myself to go altering the in-letting.

That"ll be me please Doug.



All the best Mick

[dougbunney]

I've just found an old post by you T20 back in 2013. You posted some pics and info about a rifle called the titan sl 800 I can confirm this stock looks to be a perfect match to the one in the pics so I think that's the mystery solved -good work guys. The stock will be available for sale as I bought it mistakenly thinking it was AA.

[T 20]

Some further reading, Doug, explaining the Titan - Fast Deer link :-

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbi...type=1&theater



All the best Mick

[dougbunney]

Yep that looks like the stock I think the top one looks closest to what I have here colour wise, although that looks like walnut and I'm pretty sure mines beech.

[greenwayjames]

JB told me that the sidelever rifles were bought by Titan from North China Industries when they were still under government control. Other than a few samples Titan could not buy a .22" version because it was considered a military calibre. The stocks were made by Custom Stocks Sheffield and the actions modified by Titan to JBs spec. the 800 representing the velocity with Wasp pellets. I had one. Surprisingly accurate.

[dougbunney]

That would make sense as the stock looks really nice quality and very similar in appearance to the air arms stocks of the same ere which were also produced by custom stocks Sheffield.

[MattyBoy]

JB told me that the sidelever rifles were bought by Titan from North China Industries when they were still under government control. Other than a few samples Titan could not buy a .22" version because it was considered a military calibre. The stocks were made by Custom Stocks Sheffield and the actions modified by Titan to JBs spec. the 800 representing the velocity with Wasp pellets. I had one. Surprisingly accurate.

So was the .22 cal SL600 never actually made available?

My SL800 is actually more like SL670 if we are naming the gun by the power it achieves

To be fair I have not done anything to this example since I bought it 5 or 6 years ago, having spent hours fettling my previous SL800 for very little gain.

Matty