Interesting.
Have you shot it? Looks to me like the rear sight is set far too high for the front blade. Might hit around point of aim at about 50 yards?
Interesting.
Have you shot it? Looks to me like the rear sight is set far too high for the front blade. Might hit around point of aim at about 50 yards?
No haven’t shot at a target, just oiling it and shooting at a Chrony to get it back in shape. Not sure you are correct it you look at the last pic comparing this with one I have sighted in. Looks about the same? Also the gun has a milled riser where I can adjust, it in the middle right now. These guns have a rearward moving piston. This causes the barrel to dip and they have to sight these high to compensate, per Andrew Lawrence’s paper he wrote on making this pistol. Test the theory when I get a warm day.
Now that's a nice looking and executed custom job, I think your evaluation is spot on with the upgrading.
As to 'why' well we can only speculate,but many a Webley have had the sights and grips changed by enthusiastic owners over the years, as have Crosman gas pistols.
A nice find - well done
Last edited by 45flint; 14-11-2018 at 12:45 PM.
That grip is indeed very nice and obviously the result of a lot of work,
as for why, I get it, There is an endearing quality with the hy-scores, I agree some parts are made to be functional rather than high standard (trigger shoe, rear sight) however they do work and the actual pistol is very well made, nicely balanced, easy to cock and just good to shoot, my Haenel 28 whilst of very high quality materials is a bugger to actually use, as a display piece the Haenel wins but as a pistol to shoot and enjoy for what it is the Hy-score win's every time, this would probably be the reason time has been spent improving on the few small shortfall's it has, I'd have improved the trigger shoe also though
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