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    BeerJam is offline Loser of the 2011 'Barn Door Trophy'.
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    Hi,

    I have the identical rifle branded as a Webley Nimbus. It was given to me by a friend who bought it and then could not get on with it. The trigger was so heavy as to be totally unpredictable and the firing cycle was harsh and noisy. At this point it was producing around 5fpe. The gun felt very oversprung, which was born out by an internal inspection, there was massive preload on the spring.
    When I stripped it I found the internals to be quite nasty - rough and poorly finished. The spring was badly distorted and the trigger mechanism was bent out of alignment. I should point out that it is possible that someone else might well have messed with it at an earlier date
    I fitted a much shorter, better quality spring and sorted the trigger out, gave it a polish and relube then put it back together.
    It now shoots ok at about 7.5fpe .

    It will never be my favourite rifle

    Cheers, Mark
    Proud to be a member of; MVAC and Countryside Alliance
    "...... I'm good with the science, but rubbish with the gun "

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeerJam View Post
    It will never be my favourite rifle

    Cheers, Mark
    Thanks Mark, Yeah for 45 notes i didn't expect it to be much good but am surprised. I need to look into stripping it and fiddling. Is their an online disassembly manual anywhere?!?

    Just took the stock of an old lightning and its cracked I remember our armourer repairing a cracked stock (full bore) and expect something is possible. Stocks seem expensive

    Just need some permissions now as the places I shoot are all in Wiltshire, not Grimsby lol.

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