Just kidding Isn't Fantasy Island where you guys usually have your medal ceremony? http://rerunningfromreality.files.wo...nd-roarke1.jpg
Just kidding Isn't Fantasy Island where you guys usually have your medal ceremony? http://rerunningfromreality.files.wo...nd-roarke1.jpg
Well the short 4rse on the right does look strangely familiar.
Nowhere to go ........in no hurry to get there; www.rivington-riflemen.uk----- well I suppose it is somewhere to go.... founded by I.J. - let down by the tainted blood scandal
Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
I achieved a good score with my Scorpion last month
but I've got a problem.The pellets aren't "punching"
through,they are ripping the edges of the hole.I thought
it may be the pellets so I changed from Bisley practice to
RWS Hobby.At first it was better but after a number of
shots it started to do it again.There is no lack of power with
this gun but my HW45 doesn't do it.Any ideas?
PS I couldn't achieve anything like my previous score a week
later!The joy of Boingers!
First suspect for me would be piston seal especially if it has not been used for a while, then breech seal, then spring - springs usually die slowly unless they snap or are left loaded for long periods (gun cocked)- take it all to bits and evaluate.
The cheap mod5 I bought for this comp. really had only the remains of the piston seal left and what was left was like cheese, a seal from chambers and an hours work and it was like new.
Best cheers
George
If your scores were better last month, and the holes were cleaner than they are now, then a seal failure could account for the lower score and the torn holes in the target.
The BSA Scorpion ( like the Original pistols and rifles) came from a time when some dodgy plastic was used to make the seal and it could be that it has finally perished and a replacement could help solve at least one of the problems
The new replacement seal is likely to be made from a newer type of plastic that should last longer that the original factory fitted one - but if your Scorpion does still have its original seal still fitted then it has already done very well.
I had a .177 Scorpion when they first came out and it was very accurate (but also very heavy).
It is good to still see them being used in the 6 yard MPL postal competition so I hope you get yours fixed soon and your accuracy returns
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