My Hakim had a hollowed out fore-wood. In it was a plastic bag of white powder. I had a quick look then put the thing back together again! Suppose it was a dessicant?
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..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
It’s not, though I can see why people might think it is.
It is far too low on the original 7.92mm service rifle to be of any use as a grenade sight.
It is actually a raised part of the bolt carrier/slide in order properly to support the big bent steel wire cartridge case deflector. If that wasn’t present, the design would have the nasty habit of ejecting spent cartridges into the firer’s face or eye.
The Diana 58 is having a WORKING bolt you have to use to cock the trigger or the rifle can't be fired, as the BSA has a fixed bolt that can't even move!
Actually the trigger unit of the first model Diana 58 is made out of adapted Mauser rifle parts .......
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Frank
In this 21st Century, a collector can visit a heap of gun shows and not come across a fabled Daisy Model 140,thousand-shot BB repeating-rifle,otherwise known as a "Daisy Defender". Broadly based upon the firm's earlier 'Great War' Model 40 gun ,which was a handsome item complete with a rubber-tipped metal bayonet complimenting it's lever-action and fifty-shot magazine. The Model 140 was born into tumultuous times. Ones that saw it's creators turn to more serious tasks in an effort to drive back threatening prospective enemies! With conflict in Europe dominating our news and the question,'should we or shouldn't we get involved' it was inevitable that patriotic Daisy would,as it were,'answer the call!'. Adverts portraying the Model 140 rifle first appeared in early 1941 periodicals. From all accounts the new 'Defender' was eagerly anticipated. Daisy had dropped the idea of fitting a bayonet to the Model 140 and increased it's fire-power by incorporating a thousand-shot magazine. A stock and forearm replaced the earlier singular 'military-style' woodwork of the Model 40. The new 'Defender' had a neat dummy bolt which worked as a safety device and also lent a bit more realism to the firing cycle. A red indicator displayed through a hole in the bolt when the safety was off. Like the earlier Model 40,the Model 140 came fitted with a canvas sling and most seem to have had a colorful identifying sticker stapled around the forearm. All in all,it was a 'Daisy to die for"(as kids were won't to say!) However,(always however….)by the middle of 1941 things were hotting up. Many of Daisy's skilled machinists were involved with national defense. Early May saw Daisy sending out a desperate letter to distributors. In this correspondence they told the trade they definitely would not be making any shipments of the Model 140 in the year 1941. Ready to go stock would be available on January 2,1942. We all know what happened on December 7th 1941! So, there we have it,possibly this particular model was produced for around one month.It is reckoned around twenty-eight thousand units were made..making the Model 140 one of the rarest Daisy guns ever made.
I'm indebted to Gary Garber's 'Encyclopedia of DAISY Plymouth Guns' for most of this information.
Great stuff, Trev. I’d never heard of that!
You are too modest to link to your own site or to Garvin’s posting of your content. So I have.
http://cinedux.com/daisy-airguns.php
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....-140-defender/