Was in my parts box last night, and realised that I have pretty much all of both a Light model and a .22 standard, both bought cheap as bitsa's / spares mules......So I got to thinking

CS 45" guns (ie. .177 full size) are fairly thin on the ground compared to the .22 size, so I wonder how a Light model front end would perform on a Standard cylinder......The barrel is only about an inch and a quarter shorter, but has a thinner, lighter appearance, It would be a simple job, just a dovetail cut in to accommodate the longer cocking arm, and a blanking wedge to fill where the original latch went...(both guns are close in age luckily, so no problems with later pivots etc.)...you would end up with possibly a nice 43 1/2 inch .177 gun, with a bit more oomph than the Model D of the same size....It would be easily reversible as well if it proved not to perform...

So now I would be left with a .22 tube and half a light model........

I don't know how a long barrelled .22 Ladies model would perform though....probably like a miniature version of the .25

I wonder if anyone at the time did this at BSA......If I had worked there surrounded by racks of different tubes/cylinders etc., I would have made all sorts......and to be fair, the original "Junior", (as opposed to Juvenile) was basically a Light model with 2" chopped off each end according to Mr Knibbs in The Golden Century book.....I rest my case!

P.S..my mate reckons I have breathed in too much argon over the years from welding......But I can't help myself!