Quote Originally Posted by cringe View Post
Oh! Jimmie, what have you done! you have destroyed an 'iconic' piece of English airgun history! where is the 'patina'? where are the dent's & scrapes on the wood? where is the HISTORY? You have made this gun worthless to any self respecting collector.
Therefor I suggest you throw it in your nearest skip, BUT! before you do I would be prepared to offer you free postage to myself whereupon I could hacksaw off most of the barrel & the stock & convert it back to the pistol it was meant to be.
PS. What is it like to shoot?
Lol. I had no choice! Did you read the text that accompanied the photos? It's all explained in there.

Right now, it's only shooting 1.5 ft/lbs. Got to investigate why. I've not changed the mainspring although it seems to be good. The two phosphor bronze piston rings are new and might need "bedding in". Any ideas? I have fitted a new breech seal so it's not that.