So in your opinion could the rifle in question get to near 12fp's
with some more tinkering??
I would say not, as it is quite a light rifle, and the extra recoil an increased power spring would bring would imho, make it too jerky on lock-time, ruin any last vestige of accuracy, and make it generally horrible to shoot. I am also quite happy with it as is, and use it for squizzers at close quarters -- a true practical classic . Atb: G.
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Now Gareth
As my little bro's Airgunaid tuned G80 in .177" is supposed to be close to 12 FTLBS I would have thought the SP5 would have easily given 12 as it uses a G80 cylinder.
Now a question for all, when Milbro stopped gun production their airgun business was sold to the Spanish and Swiss, with a Brazilian company also showing interest ( AGW Annual 1986).
Was the G80 range ever produced in one of these countries ?
All the best Mick
Hi Mick. Not so sure that the Airgunaid Milbro G80 special, did in actual fact reach close to the 12ft.lb mark, despite the rhetoric of the adverts (), especially in .177, but yes, if it was possible to get said power out of a G80, it would have just as easily been possible to coax the same from the SP-5. But as stated, this would've been at the detrimental cost of accuracy , and this is from my stance as an Airgunaid and Milbro Diana fan . Atb: G.
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June 1980's AGW edition...Airgunaid advert...
Diana G 80 tuned £44.
SP5 £49.50 BUT SP5 TUNED £59.50
I thought the SP5 was a tuned rifle????????????
Do you mean THIS one? Ive no photos of me with chickens. I use this picture as my screen saver. It stops the grand kids touching my computer.
NOT according to the owners club. Theres about a dozen of us.
ATB
Ian
Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
Never mind, Cloggy. Here's a pic of you with your favourite airgun.
joesey.jpg
Hmmm... So did I ??? The SP-5 first came about in late 1979 however, so maybe for the first six months a non tuned version, with maybe early experimental innards, was marketed alongside the successfully tuned item ??? Sadly, with Eddie's passing, we will now never truly know ...
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