I was once given one that had been bought at Swindleby (aka Swinderby) antiques fair. When I opened it up there was no piston washer assembly at all. Happy days.
Cheers, Phil
I was once given one that had been bought at Swindleby (aka Swinderby) antiques fair. When I opened it up there was no piston washer assembly at all. Happy days.
Cheers, Phil
that would make sense,my standard although shoots quietly with no twang has a slight ring but obvious ring on firing,only audible because my ear is right next to it.you could imagine that a thin leather washer would do the trick and double up as something to tighten down to taking up the slack that's been talked about.with these rifles being 100 yrs old maybe they got discarded when they were serviced,who knows?but it's worth a punt.
I have a photo of a Imp model D with a hefty metal mounting plate attached to the headstock - must have been a military application.
"helplessly they stare at his tracks......."
Its not a gunlayer, its a normal configuration Lincoln Jeffries rifle - with a plate on the headstock and a slight cutaway in the block and something happening on top of the cylinder. I don't think its a heavy handed stock repair.....there's more to it than that. LDV or Home Guard trainer for a Northover Projector perhaps Shame they didn't photograph the other side. I don't think its a fairground gun securing point. Wonder if someone off the BBS bought it.
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Last edited by silva; 31-12-2020 at 10:00 AM.
"helplessly they stare at his tracks......."
I opened up a newly arrived Ordinary length .177 Imp D, to discover the last 25% of the mainspring missing and a short length of rubber garden hosepipe threaded over the spring guide, to replace the missing length of mainspring. That did put a smile on my face.