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    Video on ccdjg’s repro pistols.

    Hi all,

    Me & the missus took a trip up North to visit John and put together a video of his fabulous repro air pistols.
    He’s a natural presenter and it went really well:

    https://youtu.be/VCr9RcVnslc

    Should be of interest, there’s a video on his two gallery pistols to follow, just doing the editing.

    Was a real honour,
    Thanks John!


    Matt
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    Quote Originally Posted by ptdunk View Post
    Hi all,

    Me & the missus took a trip up to North to visit John and put together a video of his fabulous repro air pistols.
    He’s a natural presenter and it went really well:

    https://youtu.be/VCr9RcVnslc

    Should be of interest, there’s a video on his two gallery pistols to follow, just doing the editing.

    Was a real honour,
    Thanks John!


    Matt
    Wow! Wow! Fantastic! I just spent a blissful 40 minutes watching it. Congratulations for a super production, brilliantly presented by John. Thank you.

    Two things spring to mind. First is just how chunky the Frank Clarke twist-grip is. Second is how complicated the Hill pistol is and what an incredible challenge it must have been to make!
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    Another excellent production Matt and wonderful presentation from John.

    This has really brought these pistols to life - for example I would never have imagined how dangerous the Whiting Webley could be to a user's hand when it was cocked and being loaded.

    I also love the reproduced markings and the close ups at the end of the video.

    Thank you both for your efforts in producing this.

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    Really enjoyed watching that.
    Thanks for putting it up and it shows how much effort and thought goes into making those airguns.

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    A big thank you to Matt and John for making and sharing this extremely professionally produced video for us all to enjoy. Although better than nothing, trying to visualise how these prototype pistols worked from books and patent drawings is not like seeing them in actual use as we can here. Reproducing them and testing them also allows us to understand how they actually performed in practice rather than by theoretically estimating this based on their respective designs.
    The quality and workmanship of these reproductions needs no superlatives as at it least matches and probably exceeds anything that might have come from the original manufacturer.

    Hopefully with the necessary permissions, this video will be added to Danny's excellent gallery.

    Brian

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    Best 40mins I have spent all week It's a wonder of these times, that we can all get to enjoy almost being in Johns house and looking at his marvellous work. Thanks Matt and John

    Not hard to see why Webleys over lever compact air pistol design was such a success both pre and post war when you see how complicated some of those design patents were.

    Psst - don't talk about dry firing spring guns

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    Quote Originally Posted by ptdunk View Post
    Hi all,

    Me & the missus took a trip up North to visit John and put together a video of his fabulous repro air pistols.
    He’s a natural presenter and it went really well:

    https://youtu.be/VCr9RcVnslc

    Should be of interest, there’s a video on his two gallery pistols to follow, just doing the editing.

    Was a real honour,
    Thanks John!


    Matt
    Wow indeed really enjoyed that absolutely outstanding stuff

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    Didn't realise the twist grip cocked on the way down! Absolute privilege to see the fruits of a very talented writer/artisan!Regards Trev

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    Very interesting to see the operation and loading of these fine examples of craftmanship. Great job on the video that brought these pistols to life.

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